However much we admire the orator's occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or abovethe fleeting spoken language as the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds.

I am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,--am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle first.

There are as many strata at different levels of life as there are leaves in a book. When on the higher levels we can remember the lower levels, but when on the lower we cannot remember the higher.

I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary.

It requires nothing less than a chivalric feeling to sustain a conversation with a lady.

What would human life be without forests, those natural cities?

None can lead this life who are not almost amphibious.