Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we consult ourselves as to what we should say, what we should leave unsaid. There are few permanent secrets, and the scruple against revealing them will not last forever.

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.

It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it is a sympathy, and in the body it is a hidden and delicate wish to possess what we love-Plus many mysteries.