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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

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Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outca...more

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Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one...more

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As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices.

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You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

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how can you imagine what particular region of the first ages a man's untrammelled feet may take him into by the way of solitude--utter solitude withou...more

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No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--it...more

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We live as we dream--alone....

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I saw only the reality of his destiny, which he had knownhow to follow with unfaltering footsteps, that life begun in humblesurroundings, rich in gene...more

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He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of...more

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This mournful and restless sound was a fit accompaniment to my meditations.

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Marvellous!" he repeated, looking up at me. "Look! The beauty--but that is nothing--look at the accuracy, the harmony. And so fragile! And so strong! ...more

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All this happened in much less time than it takes to tell, since I am trying to interpret for you into slow speech the instantaneous effect of visual ...more

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I remember staying to look at it for a long time, as one would linger within reach of a consoling whisper. The sky was pearly grey. It was one of thos...more

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There are many shades in the danger of adventures and gales, and it is only now and then that there appears on the face of facts a sinister violence o...more