zaak Walton._

And do as adversaries do in law,--strive mightily, but eat and drink as
friends.--_Shakespeare._

The table is the only place where we do not get weary during the first
hour.--_Brillat Savarin._

~Appreciation.~--Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than the merit;
but posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.--_Colton._

It so falls out that what we have we prize not to the worth while we
enjoy it; but being lacked and lost, why, then we rack the
value.--_Shakespeare._

A man is known to his dog by the smell--to the tailor by the coat--to
his friend by the smile; each of these know him, but how little or how
much depends on the dignity of the intelligence. That which is truly and
indeed characteristic of man is known only to God.--_Ruskin._

He who seems not to himself more than he is, is more than he
seems.--_Goethe._

Light is above us, and color surrounds us; but if we have not light and
color in our eyes, we shall not perceive them outside us.--_Goethe._

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great
thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire
it.--_Joubert._

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read
it are no longer the same interpreters.--_George Eliot._

Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty
the power of appreciating beauty.--_Margaret Fuller._

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.--_Joubert._

~Architecture.~--Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the
edifices raised by man, for whatsoever uses, that the sight of them may
contribute to his mental health, power, and pleasure.--_Ruskin._

~Argument.~--There is no arguing with Johnson; for if his pistol misses
fire he knocks you down with the butt end of it.--_Goldsmith._

Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are
most unsubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more
difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a
sword.--_Bishop Whately._

Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which
he is not entitled. The greatest part of men cannot judge of reasoning,
and are impressed by character; so that if you allow your adversary a
respectable character, they will think that, though you differ from him,
you may be in the wrong. Treating your adversary with respect is
striking soft in a battle.--_Johnso