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.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

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.

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.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.