So much alarmed that she is quite alarming

And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music... Speak to me!

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

The Niobe of nations! there she stands.