The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.

Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Someone criticized an elderly man for wooing young women. He replied that that was the only way to rejuvenation, which was, afterall, everybody's wish.

Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.

Children can scarcely be fashioned to meet with our likes and our purpose. Just as God did us give them, so must we hold them and love them, nurture and teach them to fullness and leave them to be what they are.