Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.

The beautiful invariably possesses a visible and a hidden beauty; and it is certain that no style is so beautiful as that which presents to the attentive reader a half-hidden meaning.

Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.

The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry

We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality.

Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.