It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it.

Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!

A scholar has to know a little of everything.

But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary journey? Nothing, you say? Perhaps so; nothing but a charming woman, who, strange as it may appear, made him the happiest of men! Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?

We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.

Therever fortune clears a way, thither our ready footsteps stray.

I say, you do have a heart!" "Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time.