The innocence of virgins is like milk which turns when exposed to a clap of thunder, to a tart smell, to a hot day, to the merest nothing.
When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.
A rent in your clothes is a mishap, a stain on them is a vice.
A vocation is born to us all; happily most of us meet promptly our twin,--occupation.
Now literary success can only be won in solitude by persevering labor.
Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.