The one mistake which is committed habitually by people who have the gift of half-genius, is waiting for inspiration.

The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.

In learning to know other things, and other minds, we become more intimately acquainted with ourselves, and are to ourselves better worth knowing.

Culture is like wealth; it makes us more ourselves, it enables us to express ourselves

People have prejudices against a nation in which they have no acquaintances.

Woe unto him that is never alone, and cannot bear to be alone.

You may have a cat in the room with you without anxiety about anything except eatables. The presence of a cat is positively soothing to a student.