We accept every person in the world as that for which he gives himself out, only he must give himself out for something. We can put up with the unpleasant more easily than we can endure the insignificant.

No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.

A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.

Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.

So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover.

What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.