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I Declare, On My Soul And Conscience, That The Attainment Of Power, Or Of A Great Name In Literature, Seemed To Me An Easier Victory Than A Success With Some Young, Witty, And Gracious Lady Of High Degree.

A Woman Filled With Faith In The One She Loves Is The Creation Of A Novelist's Imagination.

It Is Easy To Sit Up And Take Notice, What Is Difficult Is Getting Up And Taking Action.

The First Thing Necessary To Win The Heart Of A Woman Is Opportunity.

Let Passion Reach A Catastrophe And It Submits Us To An Intoxicating Force Far More Powerful Than The Niggardly Irritation Of Wine Or Of Opium. The Lucidity Our Ideas Then Achieve, And The Delicacy Of Our Overly Exalted Sensations, Produce The Strangest And Most Unexpected Effects.