Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.

In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity.

Pines a thousand years old. Every year they must go farther for them: they recede, like beavers and Indians, before the white man.

Some men at the approach of a dispute neigh like horses. Unless there be an argument, they think nothing is doing. Some talkers excel in the precision with which they formulate their thoughts, so that you get from them somewhat to remember; others lay criticism asleep by a charm. Especially women use words that are not words,--as steps in a dance are not steps,--but reproduce the genius of that they speak of; as the sound of some bells makes us think of the bell merely, whilst the church chimes in the distance bring the church and its serious memories before us.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

A man of good sense but of little faith, whose compassion seemed to lead him to church as often as he went there, said to me; 'that he liked to have concerts, and fairs, and churches, and other public amusements go on.

Literature is eavesdropping.