Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust.

The principal thing in the world is to keep the soul aloft.

Boredom, that silent spider, was spinning its web in the darkness in every corner of her heart.

Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.

The future is the worst thing about the present.