A woman's fame is the tomb of her happiness.

Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

We would liken music to Aladdin's lamp — worthless in itself, not so for the spirits which obey its call. We love it for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings, it can summon with a touch.

A friend is never alarmed for us in the right place.

That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.

Every other species of talent carries with it its eternity; we enjoy the work of the poet, the painter, the sculptor, only as thousands will do after us; but the actor - his memory is with his generation, and that passes away.

The past is perpetual youth to the heart.