Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

Nowadays beautiful women are counted among the talents of their husbands.

In every man there is something of all men.

How might letters be most efficiently copied so that the blind might read them with their fingers?

Many a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself.

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste.