The history of art is the history of revivals.
[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's.
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
In law, nothing is certain but the expense.
Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.