A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.

Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.

Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.

Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.

Love is the poetry of the senses.

Life is simply what out feelings do to us.

Temperament is the thermometer of character.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the colour from a man's entire existence.