General ideas are essences. They are our gods: they round and ennoble the most partial and sordid way of living.
The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities.
I would study, I would know, I would admire forever.
We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages.
Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
Keep your friendships in repair.