Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life.

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

O memory, thou bitter sweet,--both a joy and a scourge!

When at eve, at the bounding of the landscape, the heavens appear to recline so slowly on the earth, imagination pictures beyond the horizon an asylum of hope, - a native land of love; and nature seems silently to repeat that man is immortal.

The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.