A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

To be active is the primary vocation of man.

Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient.

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.