Love, like the opening of the heavens to the Saints, shows for a moment, even to the dullest man, the possibilities of the human race. He has faith, hope, and charity for another being, perhaps but a creation of his imagination: still it is a great advance for a man to be profoundly loving even in his imaginations.

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.

Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness.

No man has ever praised to persons equally-and pleased them both.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.