Nature wishes that woman should attract man, yet she often cunningly moulds into her face a little sarcasm, which seems to say, 'Yes, I am willing to attract, but to attract a little better kind of a man than any I yet behold

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

A vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection.

Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.