The movements of the eyes express the perpetual and unconscious courtesy of the parties.

If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf of ignorance which surrounds us.

On the whole, Chaucer impresses us as greater than his reputation, and not a little like Homer and Shakespeare, for he would haveheld up his head in their company.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.

I fear that he who walks over these fields a century hence will not know the pleasure of knocking off wild apples. Ah, poor man, there are many pleasures which he will not know!

I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.