If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.
The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.
To expect an author to talk as he writes is ridiculous; or even if he did you would find fault with him as a pedant.
Learning is its own exceeding great reward.
Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.
Words are the only things that last for ever.