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

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

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

The causes that govern the heart appear to be wholly alien to the results achieved. Are the forces that moved a desperate criminal the same that fill a martyr with pride, as both mount the scaffold?

Materialism and spirituality are two pretty racquets with which charlatans in cap and gown make the same ball fly.

Ah! the soft starlight of virgin eyes.

You may imitate, but never counterfeit.