Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.
The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral.
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.