"Know thyself, " said the old philosopher, "improve thyself, " saith the new. Our great object in time is not to waste our passions and gifts on the things external that we must ...

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever?

Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.

It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in ...

One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.