An alliterative prefix served as an ornament of oratory.

It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

It is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering than it is to have sympathy with thought.

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

Placerea este testul naturii, semnul ei aprobator.

Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.