Men must read for amusement as well as for knowledge.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
Each book has a secret history of ways and means.
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.
What if you have seen it before, ten thousand times over? An apple tree in full blossom is like a message, sent fresh from heaven to earth, of purity and beauty.