Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.