Now don't stir. I'll be back in five minutes. And don't fall into any temptations while I am away.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedien…

My dear father, if we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.

I do not see why I should e'er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held …

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.