Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless, but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.
I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.
Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.
Observation is the most enduring of the pleasures of life.
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.