In my garden I spend my days; in my library I spend my nights.
To-day is always different from yesterday.
My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.
The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new.