the days, and the months, and the years, pass so swiftly, that I can no longer retain them. Time, in its flight, hurries me away, in spite of myself; in vain I endeavor to stop him, he drags me along: the thought of this alarms me.

It is thus that we walk through the world like the blind, not knowing whither we are going, regarding as bad what is good, regarding as good what is bad, and ever in entire ignorance.

. . .the most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous. . . the greatest, the least, the rarest, the most common, the most public, the most private till today. . . I cannot bring myself to tell you: guess what it is.

There is nothing so lovely as to be beautiful. Beauty is a gift of God and we should cherish it as such.

When we reckon without Providence, we must frequently reckon twice.

matrimony is a very dangerous disorder; I had rather drink.

Friendships take work. Use disagreements as opportunity to come out better on the other side