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

Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment.

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.

Genuine witticisms surprise those who say them as much as those who listen to them; they arise in us in spite of us, or, at least, without our participation,--like everything inspired.

When we love, it is the heart that judges.