Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger.

A woman being never at a loss... the devil always sticks by them.

I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, . . . that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term among the few allies our wars have left us.

What exile from himself can flee? To zones, though more and more remote, Still, still pursues, where'er I be, The blight of life--the demon Thought.

Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling.

Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.

Egeria! sweet creation of some heart Which found no mortal resting-place so fair As thine ideal breast.