The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. 2.11K
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. 727
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. 721
If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him. 745
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. 725
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. 1.3K
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. 738
