A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance with new maxims as they arise, but it always remains provisional.

Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose!

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.