All universal moral principles are idle fancies.
- Marquis de SadeAll myths that are something more than fancies gain rather than lose in value with time, by reason of the accretions of human experience.
- Amy WroblewskiModern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies.
- Amy WroblewskiFilled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.
- Edgar Allan PoeTo fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other`s looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions
- George SantayanaThe darkest day in a man`s career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it
- Horace Greeley