When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

Behind every legendary monster, there is an unknown tragedy.

A tearless heart is a callous heart.

she wanted because art

Not my species, not my problem.

Most women lament not the death of their lovers so much out of real affection for them, as because they would appear worthy of love.

I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem. Not a bad question to ask oneself.

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

Truth is immortal; error is mortal.

I don't want to be the biggest or the best, I want to be faithful.

Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.