To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.

Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.

At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.

But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations.

A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.

The more you wish to be, the wiser you are; while the wish to have is apt to be foolish in proportion to its largeness.

One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.