Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!
The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.