Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.

With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance with new maxims as they arise, but it always remains provisional.