National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.
Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.
There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work.
Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.
The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.