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.

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks.

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

Treachery is more often the effect of weakness than of a formed design.

Hope and fear are inseparable.