You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied will be able to form some conception.

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies

People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.

Architecture is crystallized music.

Come my little one, and give me your hand.

If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.