Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.
Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
There is a melancholy that stems from greatness
People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.
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.
There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.