Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit.
There are some desires that are not desirable.
A nation that has nothing but its amusements will not be amused for long.
People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
There is a case for telling the truth; there is a case for avoiding the scandal; but there is no possible defense for the man who tells the scandal, but does not tell the truth