An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.
To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried.
There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.
Oaths are the fossils of piety.
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual.