Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.

He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.

I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart apoints.