To fill the hour; that is happiness to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval.

A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

Every novel is a debtor to Homer.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.

There are books... which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.

England produces under favorable conditions of ease and culture the finest women in the world. And, as the men are affectionate and true-hearted, the women inspire and refine them.