There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love.

It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion.

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations. The only sin is limitation. As soon as you once come up with a man's limitations, it is all over with him.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Chiefly the sea-shore has been the point of departure to knowledge, as to commerce. The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.