Expediency of literature, reason of literature, lawfulness of writing down a thought, is questioned; much is to say on both sides,and, while the fight waxes hot, thou, dearest scholar, stick to thy foolish task, add a line every hour, and between whiles add a line.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world.

As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes.

All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman; straightway all their past words and actions lie in light before us.

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.