He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things.

When at last in a race a new principle appears, an idea--that conserves it; ideas only save races.

He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.

Wherever there is power there is age.

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.

If you love and serve man, you cannot, by any hiding or stratagem, escape remuneration.

An eminent teacher of girls said, "the idea of a girl's education, is, whatever qualifies them for going to Europe.