Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.

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

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

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.