You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do

In this Age, when it is said of a man, "He knows how to live," it may be implied he is not very honest

There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.

Age is the most terrible misfortune that can happen to any man; other evils will mend, this is every day getting worse

was incredibly smart for his age.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.