Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyments have been intellectual joys.

Love is the only way on which even the dim-witted reaches certain heights.

Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage.

An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.

Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion.

What saves the virtue of many a woman is that protecting god, the impossible.