The worst deluded are the self-deluded.

There is no sense of weariness like that which closes in a day of eager and unintermittent pursuit of pleasure. The apple is eaten, but "the core sticks in the throat." Expectation has then given way to ennui, appetite to satiety.

Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!

The past is the sepulchre of our dead emotions.

It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.

Merit is never so conspicuous as when coupled with an obscure origin, just as the moon never appears so lustrous as when it emerges from a cloud.

Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.