I am never indifferent, and never pretend to be, to what people say or think of my books. They are my children, and I like to have them liked.

Let him not boast who puts his armor on as he who puts it off, the battle done.

Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

'Tis always morning somewhere, and aboveThe awakening continents, from shore to shore,Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.

The soul never grows old.