Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world.

If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet.

Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

In the library of the world men have hitherto been ranged according to the form, and the binding; the time is coming when they will take rank and order according to their contents and intrinsic merits.

In living and in seeing other men, the heart must break or become as bronze.

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.