Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.

Language is a very difficult thing to put into words.

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

We are going to a new world... and no doubt it is there that everything is for the best; for it must be admitted that one might lament a little over the physical and moral happenings of our own world.

Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.