The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.

“Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst.”

“an author should never conceive himself as bringing into existence beauty or wi…”

“Are not all lifelong friendships born in the moment when at last you meet anoth…”

“This is where men, even the trustiest, fail us. Their heart is never so wholly …”