Except in this ignorant and material century, men have always worn precious stuffs and beautiful colours as well as women.

The mystery which underlies the beauty of women is never raised above the reach of all expression until it has claimed kindred with the deeper mystery in our own souls.

I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.

The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.

Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, through the long winter nights and the quiet summer days, I drank at the fountain of knowledge, and never wearied of the draught.

The best men are not consistent in good-- why should the worst men be consistent in evil.

Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.