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

I declare, on my soul and conscience, that the attainment of power, or of a great name in literature, seemed to me an easier victory than a success with some young, witty, and gracious lady of high degree.

When attempted self-destruction does not cure a man of life, it cures him of voluntary death.

Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.

During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.