The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason.

The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.

Time,--the most independent of all things.

A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself.

Or have I passed my time in pouring words like water into empty sieves, rolling a stone up a hill and then down again, trying to prove an argument in the teeth of facts, and looking for causes in the dark, and not finding them?

By conversing with the mighty dead, we imbibe sentiment with knowledge. We become strongly attached to those who can no longer either hurt or serve us, except through the influence which they exert over the mind. We feel the presence of that power which gives immortality to human thoughts and actions, and catch the flame of enthusiasm from all nations and ages.