I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.

I always seem to suffer some loss of faith on entering cities.

Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.

The finished man of the world must eat of every apple once.

Our prayers are prophets.

The Frenchman invented the ruffle; the Englishman added the shirt.

Culture opens the sense of beauty.