Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter, so that I might have something to press against my heart.

The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.

The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.

He who is resolute conquers grief.