The greatest of all sins is stupidity.

this woman is a genius in the day time and a beauty at night

The birds that were singing in the dew-drenched garden seemed to be telling the flowers about her.

At every single moment of one's life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.