They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.

New happiness too must be learned to bear.

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak.