The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Beauty

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Detail

The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.

Fanatics and Fanaticism

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

Infatuation

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.

Loneliness

I was never less alone than when by myself.

Style

Style is the image of character.