"Things forbidden have a secret charm" — Publius Cornelius Tacitus

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation

Source: Walden (1854)

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle

Source: Gleanings Among the Sheaves, Idleness (1869)

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart

Source: Emma (1815)

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered

Publius Cornelius Tacitus Quote