You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

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.

He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.

The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.

It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself." ~ Goethe

Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?