Those persons are happiest in this restless and mutable world who are in love with change, who delight in what is new simply because it differs from what is old; who rejoice in every innovation, and find a strange alert pleasure in all that is, and that has never been before.

Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.

An appreciation of words is so rare that everybody naturally thinks he possesses it, and this universal sentiment results in the misuse of a material whose beauty enriches the loving student beyond the dreams of avarice.

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes.

There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.

It is unwise to feel too much if we think too little.