It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
A scholar has to know a little of everything.
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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.
Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.