The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.

Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less

Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.

We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.

To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.