“It is said to be the age of the first person singular”

“It could be said that a single person has written all the books in the world such central unity is in them that they are undeniably the work of a single all-knowing master.”

“The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.”

“Congratulate yourself if you have broken the monotony of a conventional age”

“To stand in true relations with men in a false age is worth a fit of insanity, is it not?”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets — most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth.”