We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates. We read the quotation with his eyes, andfind a new and fervent sense; as a passage from one of the poets, well recited, borrows new interest from the rendering. As the journals say, "the italics are ours.

Marriage is the perfection which love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought.

A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

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

The order of things consents to virtue.

The case wouldn't be overweight if you didn't have so many shoes. How many do you really need? This pair, for example, I swear you never even wore them.