A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
I am the blank page between the Old and the New Testament.
An author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.