Hold your powers together for something good and let everything go that is for you without result and is not suited to you.

Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.

When she sees the leaves fall, they raise no other idea in her mind than that winter is approaching.

One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.

It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.

The style of an author is a faithful copy of his mind.