We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.

Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable.

Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.

Resignation is a daily suicide.

Women are as they are; they necessarily have the defects of their virtues.

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.