Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him! [Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.

Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.

Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.

Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.

Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.

Commonplaceness, the surrender to the average, that good which is not bad but still the enemy of the best - That is our besetting danger.

Man must strive, and striving he must err.