Among the Diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: "an unusual combination," in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her.

But O the truth, the truth. The many eyes That look on it The diverse things they see.

The man who has no mind of his own lends it to the priests.

That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense!

Heiresses are never jilted.

The stench of the trail of Ego in our History. It is ego - ego, the fountain cry, origin, sole source of war.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.