Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
Receptiveness is a rare and massive power, like fortitude.
Our sense of duty must often wait for some work which shall take the place of dilettanteism [sic] and make us feel that the quality of our action is not a matter of indifference.
Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.
I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like.
Kisses honeyed by oblivion.