Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

Solitude is naught and society is naught. Alternate them and the good of each is seen.

The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine.

Every novel is a debtor to Homer.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.

Human beings cannot endure the geological chaos they encounter under the soil of their own gardens.