There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character, then reveals it by hiding

The reason of idleness and of crime is the deferring of our hopes.

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

A skilful man reads his dreams for his selfknowledge; yet not the details, but the quality.

This ennui, for which we Saxons had no name,--this word of France, has got a terrific significance. It shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.

Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.

Every mind is different; and the more it is unfolded, the more pronounced is that difference.