I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.

Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

Society is the stage on which manners are shown; novels are the literature. Novels are the journal or record of manners; and the new importance of these books derives from the fact, that the novelist begins to penetrate the surface, and treat this part of life more worthily.

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?

Language is the archives of history.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of have was never large enough to cover.

She shows us only surfaces, but she is million-fathoms deep.