The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.

The light in the world comes principally from two sources,-the sun, and the student's lamp.

Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.

Our first and last love is self-love.