He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
Doubt is not a very agreeable status, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.
Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.
He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.