Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.
Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.
God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.