3 Quotes by Ashley Dukes

I have the flaunting air, she said,Laughing remorse awayFor vanities that now are dead,Dear follies of a day.Like a great golden ship she rode,Capricious at her ease,Spreading a sail to catch the modeOf every idle breeze.A dancing cloak she wore aboveHer pale serenity:O lamp of faith, O light o' love,Which was more dear to me?

Friendships have been lost by being claimed.

You know, madam, that men reason to strengthen their own prejudices, and not to disturb their adversary's convictions.