There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.

Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages.

Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste.

I am always most religious upon a sunshiny day.

Whatsoever thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth.