Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

In hell old age is not tolerated. It is too real. Here we worship Love and Beauty. Our souls being entirely damned, we cultivate our hearts.

He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches.

Here there is nothing but love and beauty. Ugh! it is like sitting for all eternity at the first act of a fashionable play, before the complications begin.