faith is like love; when you want it you can't find it, and you find it when you least expect it.

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one.

You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will, sir, you can do nothing.

honesty dies in selling itself.

Years do not always make age.

I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being.