Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.
The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.
In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver.
He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.
Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.
Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.