Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.

Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.

Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows.

The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.

I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.