They never fail who die in a great cause.
There’s not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.
There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?
The women hate every thing which strips off the tinsel of Sentiment – and they are right – or it would rob them of their weapons.
The reading or non-reading a – book will never keep down a single petticoat.
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, the first to welcome, foremost to defend.
The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.
The great object of life is Sensation – to feel that we exist – even though in pain.
The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me – than any other whatsoever – for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.
The commencement of atonement is the sense of its necessity.
The Cardinal is at his wit’s end – it is true – that he had not far to go.[at Ravenna]
