It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.

Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in the last, ever kept visibly distinct, while in the first it escapes from sight amid the shows of color and the curves of grace.

To mourn deeply for the death of another loosens from myself the petty desire for, and the animal adherence to life. We have gained the end of the philosopher, and view without shrinking the coffin and the pall.

When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.

There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.

When a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are.

Love is rarely a hypocrite; but hate--how detect and how guard against it! It lurks where you least expect it; it is created by causes that you can the least foresee; and civilization multiplies its varieties, whilst it favors its disguise.