Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

Romanticism is beauty without bounds-the beautiful infinite.

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted.

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

Age doesn't matter, unless your cheese.

Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.