Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.

Reasonable men are the best dictionaries of conversation.

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.

The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.