Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret.

There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.

Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.

Self-interest is an ineffable feeling which shall follow us into God's very presence since they say there is a hierarchy even among the Holy Saints.

What a thing of fantasy a woman may become after dusk.

Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.