It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada.

You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.

It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.