You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two?

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.

Narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyrannizing cruelly or beneficially over others.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.