The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.
It is remarkable how great an influence our clothes have on our moral state.
God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves.
I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world; for there are always some whom one can love.
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!