Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.

Nothing really immoral is ever permanently popular.

Expression is the mystery of beauty.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart.

It is only in some corner of the brain which we leave empty that Vice can obtain a lodging. When she knocks at your door be able to say: "No room for your ladyship; pass on.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

What a rare gift, by the by, is that of manners! how difficult to define, how much more difficult to impart! Better for a man to possess them than wealth, beauty, or talent; they will more than supply all.