The world grew cheap, as worlds must.
When one thinks what one leaves in the world when one dies, Only silence is strong, - all the rest is but lies.
Life is a narrow valley, and the roads run close together.
Seward would inspire a cow with statesmanship if she understood our language.
Philosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women.
The tourist was the great conservative who hated novelty and adored dirt.
Good men do the most harm
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights.