Science, Nature,-O, I've yearned to open some page.

And of poetry, the success is not attained when it lulls and satisfies, but when it astonishes and fires us with new endeavours after the unattainable.

For you, o broker, there is no other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys.

The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.

There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

When the Master of the universe has points to carry in his government he impresses his will in the structure of minds.

We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since it has no other claim on the company.