Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Books and Reading

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

Consistency

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Fate

Chance generally favors the prudent.

Grace

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

Imagination

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

Logic

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Monuments

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

Teachers and Teaching

To teach is to learn twice.

Writers and Writing

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.