"He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses."
"Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not."
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
"Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures."
"Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science."
"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."