Fiction may be said to be the caricature of history.

There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form it changes its name, and we call it patience.

Nothing really immoral is ever permanently popular.

Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.

A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.