When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

In some exquisite critical hints on "Eurythmy," Goethe remarks, "that the best composition in pictures is that which, observing the most delicate laws of harmony, so arranges the objects that they by their position tell their own story." And the rule thus applied to composition in painting applies no less to composition in literature.

More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.

What a rare gift, by the by, is that of manners! how difficult to define, how much more difficult to impart! Better for a man to possess them than wealth, beauty, or talent; they will more than supply all.

Midnight, and love, and youth, and Italy!

As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish.

Childhood and genius have the same master organ in common - inquisitiveness.