I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

The book trade is a spiritual barometer of a nations well-being.

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different.

Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God and has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind.