Midnight, and love, and youth, and Italy!

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.

When the world frowns, we can face it; but let it smile, and we are undone.

Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man.

Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.