It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

In the conduct of life we make use of deliberation to justify ourselves in doing what we want to do.

Love is not always blind and there are few things that cause greater wretchedness than to love with all your heart someone who you know is unworthy of love.

It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all.