There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.

Men who would persecute others for religious opinions, prove the errors of their own.

It is a sad thing to look at happiness only through another's eyes.

... I never will allow myself to form an ideal of any person I desire to see, for disappointment never fails to ensue.

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.