The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.
Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.
Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.
The laws of decency enforce themselves.
When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.
You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just let yourself go.