Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
We called him Barney for short. We couldn't use his real name, there wasn't time.
Today's burdens can strengthen you for tomorrow.
If you want to change the future, you must change what you're doing in the present.
Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica.