Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.

Human life, like all inferior goods, is covered on the outside with a false glitter; what suffers always conceals itself.

It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days, we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.