There is more done with pens than with swords.

If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.

O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!

it isn't mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.

There is no phase of the Italian mind that has not found expression in its music.