The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to the mild heavens, and the red leaves bestrew the road, and you can feel the breath of winter, morning and evening - no days so calm, so tenderly solemn, and with such a reverent meekness in the air.

The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time.

Not on the stage alone, in the world also, a man's real character comes out best in his asides.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

In my garden I spend my days; in my library I spend my nights.

A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.