With most men, scarce a link of memory holds yesterday and to-day together.

Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books.

Love is the essence of God.

He who has acquired the ability, may wait securely the occasion of making it felt and appreciated, and know that it will not loiter.

New arts destroy the old.

Never try to make anyone like you: you know, and God knows, that one of you is enough.

Travel is a fools paradise.