A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which,...

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which,...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit,...

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit,...

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go...

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing...

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing...

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man...

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man...

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have...

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have...

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in...

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in...

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...