Pity is love in undress.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!

Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.

Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

Runners are poor walkers.

There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.