The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea.

The very truth hath a colour from the disposition of the utterer.

Effective magic is transcendent nature.

If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it.

We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one's life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.