He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking without meaning — is never effaced.
Henry James chews more than he bites off.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Artists... disappeared long ago as social forces. So did the church.
Nothing is easier than to teach historical method, but, when learned, it has little use.
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.