Fastidiousness is only another word for egotism; and all men who know not where to look for truth save in the narrow well of self will find their own image at the bottom, and mistake it for what they are seeking.

All God's angels come to us disguised.

Take winter as you find him, and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow; with no nonsense in him, which is a great comfort in the long-run.

There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.