The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

Many a man would have turned rogue if he knew how.

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.

There is room enough in human life to crowd almost every art and science in it. If we pass ""no day without a line""-visit no place without the company of a book-we may with ease fill libraries or empty them of their contents. The more we do, the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.