The nobler and more perfect a thing is, the later and slower it is in arriving at maturity. A man reaches the maturity of his reasoning powers and mental faculties hardly before the age of twenty-eight; a woman at eighteen.

Man may have the most excellent judgment in all other matters, and yet go wrong in those which concern himself; because here the will comes in and deranges the intellect at once. Therefore let a man take counsel of a friend. A doctor can cure everyone but himself; if he falls ill, he sends for a colleague.

The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.

As a general rule, the longer a man's fame is likely to last, the later it will be in coming; for all excellent products require time for their development.

I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is a presumption likely enough in itself, and therefore a safe one to go on; borne out as it is by the fact that people are always anxious to see anyone who has made himself famous. Photography offers the most complete satisfaction of our curiosity.

Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.