The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!

To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming popular which can be recommended to a young sovereign.

Everything transitory is but an image.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy.

Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.