The society of the energetic class, in their friendly and festive meetings, is full of courage, and of attempts, which intimidatethe pale scholar.

Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated about among men of thought.

In private places, among sordid objects, an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple, the sun as its cradle. Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man, only let his thoughts be of equal greatness.

There are books... which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.

So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words except in their collocation. The effect of a fanciful word misplaced, is like that of a horn of exquisite polish growing on a human head.

Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay