We cannot reform our forefathers.
A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.
A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.
Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another
Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.
It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.