The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life.
It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.
Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Poets know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions.