Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Modesty and dew love the shade.

Modesty and dew love the shade.

True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime.

True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

Kindness is virtue itself.

Kindness is virtue itself.

Radicalism is but the desperation of logic.

Radicalism is but the desperation of logic.

All our tastes are but reminiscences.

All our tastes are but reminiscences.

A woman's strength is most potent when robed in gentleness.

A woman's strength is most potent when robed in gentleness.

We don't have two hearts, one for animals and one for humans ; we have one heart or we don't have any.

We don't have two hearts, one for animals and one for humans ; we have one heart or we don't have any.

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

Argument should be polite as well as logical.

Argument should be polite as well as logical.

Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it.

Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it.

Silence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman.

Silence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman.

The most effective coquetry is innocence.

The most effective coquetry is innocence.

Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time.

Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

History teaches everything, even the future.

History teaches everything, even the future.