Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.

There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they enjoy, and enjoy while they judge. The latter class reproduces the work of art on which it is engaged. Its numbers are very small.

Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.

What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.

Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.