One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.

A work of real merit finds favor at last.

A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.

Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?

Travel makes all men countrymen, makes people noblemen and kings, every man tasting of liberty and dominion.

Enthusiasm imparts itself magnetically and fuses all into one happy and harmonious unity of feeling and sentiment.

A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers.