A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart; I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the violets, and the roses, as at twenty years ago.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

She had had sweet dreams, which possibly arose from the fact that her little bed was very white.

Those who pray always are necessary to those who never pray. In our view, the whole question is in the amount of thought that is mingled with prayer.

Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.