Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.
Life may take away happiness. But it can't take away having had it.
The transcendental point of view, the habit of thought bred by communion with earth and sky, had refined the grain while it had roughened the husk.
Borrowed illusions are better than none.
Tilling the fertile soil of man's vanity.
To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.