She doth mean the earth to me! By earth, I actually mean dust.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last.

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

That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.