Talent does things tolerably well; genius does then intolerably better

Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown

God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.

A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.

Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.

One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.

Those who create beauty are also they who possess it.