Master books, but do not let them master you.

What is human is immortal!

Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely.

Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a sufficient time, the leash which at first galled often grows easy and familiar.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.

There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise.

You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.