Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow which we cast

It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no.

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

Money often costs too much, and power and pleasure are not cheap.

Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in the leafless root there is no less.

Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money.

Whilst all the world is in pursuit of power, culture corrects the theory of success.