There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.

Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark.

Ask the young. They know everything.

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows.

Everything that is exact is short.

A fluent writer always seems more talented than he is. To write well, one needs a natural felicity and an acquired difficulty.