Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

The germs of all things are in every heart, and the greatest criminals as well as the greatest heroes are but different modes of ourselves.

Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.