The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn.
Dissimulation is the only thing that makes society possible; without its amenities the world would be a bear-garden.
Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong.
What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth? --"Wanda
Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting.
The joy of a strong nature is as cloudless as its suffering is desolate.