Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.