Marriage is tolerable enough in its way if youre easygoing and dont expect too much from it. But it doesnt bear thinking about.

Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.

The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.

When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with. I gave you eternity in a single moment, strength of the mountains in one clasp of your arms, and the volume of all the seas in one impulse of your soul.

Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.

No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be.

In an article on Bunyan lately published in the "Contemporary Review" - the only article on the subject worth reading on the subject I ever saw (yes, thank you, I am familiar with Macaulay's patronizing prattle about "The Pilgrim's Progress") etc.