The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

Wit is the god of moments, but Genius is the god of ages.

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.