And silence, like a poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound.

Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.

But the word "right" is one of the most deceptive of pitfalls; it is so easy to slip from a qualified meaning in the premise to an unqualified one in the conclusion. Most rights are qualified.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

Knowledge-it excites prejudices to call it science-is advancing as irresistibly, as majestically, as remorselessly as the ocean moves in upon the shore.

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.