If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries.

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.

The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.

Errors belong to libraries; truth, to the human mind.

For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.