A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our indignations, our illusions, our fidelity to the truth, and our persistent leanings to error. But most of all they resemble us in their precious hold on life.

There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.

The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealth, the germs of empires.

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