The Reading Of A Fine Book Is

Marriage Makes A Man More Vulnerable By Doubling The Expanse Of Sail Exposed To The Tempests Of Social Life.

No One Can Be Profoundly Original Who Does Not Avoid Eccentricity.

Old Age Diminishes Our Strength; It Takes Away Our Pleasures One After The Other; It Withers The Soul As Well As The Body; It Renders Adventure And Friendship Difficult; And Finally It Is Shadowed By Thoughts Of Death.

Every Ten Years You Should Delete From Your Mind A Few Ideas That Your Experience Has Proven To Be False.

Writing Is A Difficult Trade Which Must Be Learned Slowly By Reading Great Authors; By Trying At The Outset To Imitate Them; By Daring Then To Be Original; By Destroying One's First Productions.