There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

A precedent embalms a principle.

You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest.

Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.