You May Impose Silence Upon Me, But

When I Tried To Draw Near, You Dissolved Into Air Before My Lips Could Touch You...

No Human Being Can Control Love, And No One Is To Blame Either For Feeling It Or For Losing It. What Alone Degrades A Woman Is Falsehood.

The Capacity For Passion Is Both Cruel And Divine.

My Strength Has Not Equaled My Mad Ambition. I Have Remained Obscure; I Have Done Worse -- I Have Touched Success, And Allowed It To Escape Me.

There Are No More Thorough Prudes Than Those Who Have Some Little Secret To Hide.