Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

I can promise to be sincere, but I cannot promise to be impartial.

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.

Hatred is partial, but love is still more so.

Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.