We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.

This is a hard and precarious world, where every mistake and infirmity must be paid for in full.

The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go on, it is labor.

Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.