Anything we destroy in ourselves we destroy in others. Our falls lower others and throw them down; we owe it to our fellows to keep upright, in order that they too may keep their feet.
Genius, whether locked up in a cell or roaming at large, is always solitary.
Unrequited love is as different from the mutual love as the error from the truth.
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.
a woman's heart has no wrinkles.
Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.