Wherever there is failure, there is some giddiness, some superstition about luck, some step omitted, which, Nature never pardons.

Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship in possession.

The best of life is conversation.

Every young man is prone to be misled by the suggestions of his own ill-founded ambition which he mistakes for the promptings of asecret genius, and thence dreams of unrivaled greatness.

Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

All things are known to the soul.