Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

One lives but once in the world.

All that is alive tends toward color, individuality, specificity, effectiveness and opacity. All that is done with life inclines toward knowledge, abstraction, generality transfiguration and transparency.

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it