Fully to understand a grand and beautiful thought requires, perhaps, as much time as to conceive it.
I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
When we love, it is the heart that judges.
In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition.
What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.