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

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going...

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going...

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

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...

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer...

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer...

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,...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

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,...

Moonlight is sculpture.

Moonlight is sculpture.

The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is...

The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is...

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...

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may...

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may...

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

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...

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

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 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 -...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

Some guys will cheat on their girlfriends and sleep like a baby at night but...

Some guys will cheat on their girlfriends and sleep like a baby at night but...

With pain, with gain.

With pain, with gain.