Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.
The style is the man himself.
There is nothing good in love but the physical part.
We can only penetrate the rind of the earth.
The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.
Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all together.