A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable.

Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.

We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.

The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make?