If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?

What furniture can give such finish to a room as a tender woman's face? And is there any harmony of tints that has such stirring of delight as the sweet modulation of her voice?

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either of two contradictories

Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in.

To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.