I'll tell thee what it says; it calls me villain, a treacherous husband, a cruel father, a false brother; one lost to nature and her charities; or to say all in one short word, it calls me - Gamester.

Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.

'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

Now, in my opinion, a woman has no business with Power-Power admits no equal, and dismisses friendship for flattery. Besides, it keeps the men at a distance, and that is not always what we wish.

If I am asked 'what is good?' my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter.

I am free in performing an action if I could have done otherwise if I had chosen to.