To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment.
Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.
Shake me off, then, sir--push me away; for I'll not leave you of my own accord.
Oft a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
There is, in lovers, a certain infatuation of egotism; they will have a witness of their happiness, cost that witness what it may.