This greatest mortal consolation, which we derive from the transitoriness of all things-from the right of saying, in every conjuncture, "This, too, will pass away.

Let the black flower blossom as it may!

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

There are many things in this world that a child must not ask about.

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.

Yesterday I visited the British Museum; an exceedingly tiresome affair. It quite crushes a person to see so much at once; and I wandered from hall to hall with a weary and heavy heart. The present is burdened too much with the past.

Strength is incomprehensible by weakness, and, therefore, the more terrible.