The breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air than in the hand.

The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.

Perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.

I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity and chance.

Why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me?

Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.

Every person born in the USA is endowed with life, liberty, and a substantial share of the national debt.