 If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. |
| All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. |
| True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. |
| The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do? |
| The savage in man is never quite eradicated. |
| Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them. |
| There is no remedy for love but to love more. |
| Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent. |
| After the first blush of sin comes its indifference. |
| If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. |
| I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark. |
| The language of friendship is not words but meanings. |
| There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before. |
