It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine--something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.

What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known, and loved because it is known?

She hates everything that is not what she longs for.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin to be a better man.

The beauty of a lovely woman is like music.

If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place.