London; a nation, not a city.
Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.