All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

We are acquainted with a mere pellicle of the globe on which we live. Most have not delved six feet beneath the surface, nor leaped as many above it. We know not where we are. Beside, we are sound asleep nearly half our time.

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.

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

As I love nature, as I love singing birds...I love thee, my friend.

Men commonly couple with their idea of marriage a slight degree at least of sensuality; but every lover, the world over, believesin its inconceivable purity.

It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Equally important is the job you are working at.