In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally
If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.
Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.