If there be any one habit which more than another is the dry rot of all that is high and generous in youth, it is the habit of ridicule.
It is strange what society will endure from its idols.
Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test.
Thou know'st how fearless is my trust in thee.
The stars are so far, far away!
A woman's fame is the tomb of her happiness.