The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.
There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there.
To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence.
Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.
Poor humanity!--so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great.
Love sometimes elevates, creates new qualities, suspends the working of evil inclinations; but only for a day. Love, then, is an Oriental despot, whose glance lifts a slave from the dust, and then consigns him to it again.