A scholar knows no boredom.

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

Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man.