The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine. The simplicity of nature is not that which may be easily read but is inexhaustible. The last analysis can no wise be made.

The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.

Away with this hurrah of masses, and let us have the considerate vote of single men.

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it appears; but a court as of angels, a public not to be bribed, not to be entreated, and not to be overawed, decides upon every man's title to fame.

If you have something to say, you will be given the power to say it.

You can take better care of your secret than another can.