We are the prisoners of ideas.

Almost all people descend to meet. All association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the beautiful natures disappears as they approach each other.

If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused.

Life will show you masks that are worth all your carnivals

Our impatience of miles, when we are in a hurry; but it is still best that a mile should have seventeen hundred and sixty yards.

What is indispensable to inspiration? ...sound sleep and the provocation of a good book or a companion.

The force of character is cumulative.