French Novels Generally Treat Of The Relations

My Friends Are Much More Dangerous Than My Enemies. These Latter - With Infinite Subtlety - Spin Webs To Keep Me Out Of Places Where I Hate To Go, - And Tell Stories Of Me To People Whom It Would Be Vanity And Vexation To Meet; - And They Help Me So Much By Their Unconscious Aid That I Almost Love Them.

The Western Poet And Writer Of Romance Has Exactly The Same Kind Of Difficulty In Comprehending Eastern Subjects As You Have In Comprehending Western Subjects.

The Subject Of Finnish Poetry Ought To Have A Special Interest For The Japanese Student, If Only For The Reason That Finnish Poetry Comes More Closely In Many Respects To Japanese Poetry Than Any Other Form Of Western Poetry.

The Highest Duty Of The Man Is Not To His Father, But To His Wife; And For The Sake Of That Woman He Abandons All Other Earthly Ties, Should Any Of These Happen To Interfere With That Relation.

The Shadow-maker Shapes Forever.