If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.

Where there is no love, a person's faithfulness to the marriage bond is probably against nature.

A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.

Style is what gives value and currency to thoughts.

The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.