Don't seem to he on the lookout for crows, else you'll set other people watching.

My books don't seem to belong to me after I have once written them; and I find myself delivering opinions about them as if I had nothing to do with them.

Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.

If a woman's young and pretty, I think you can see her good looks all the better for her being plainly dressed.

There is so much to read and the days are so short! I get more hungry for knowledge every day, and less able to satisfy my hunger.

Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.

Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.