All Quotes

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. ”

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. ”

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love. ”

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal. ”

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. ”

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. ”

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. ”

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. ”

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. ”

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home. ”