One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.

Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hope of new pleasure, is it worthwhile to dress and undress?

So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.

All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.