Love is the only possession which we can carry with us beyond the grave.

Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid.

The more heart, the more sorrow.

When death gives us a long lease of life, it takes as hostages all those whom we have loved.

Fiction is a potent agent for good--in the hands of the good.

Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths.

Elegance is exquisite polish.