Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.

A library implies an act of faith.

What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.

When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.

Look not at the face, young girl, look at the heart. The heart of a handsome young man is often deformed. There are hearts in which love does not keep. Young girl, the pine is not beautiful; it is not beautiful like the poplar, but it keeps its foliage in winter.

Progress is not accomplished in one stage.