In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.

Money and titles may be hereditary," she would say, "but brains are not,".

There is such wonderful balm in self-imposed sacrifice.

Even the worst moments and the weariest journeys must come to an end.

We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops

Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.

Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.

Odd's fish, m'dear! The man can't even tie his own cravat!

The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.

Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them.

Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine

When you don’t understand what is happening, you need to wait, trust God, and rest in His care. He is always faithful to His own.

The best way to be resurrected is to be forgotten.

Someone who loves you will reveal beautiful things within yourself... things you had never noticed before... things nobody else cared to.

When I got out of the army, I had the G.I. Bill. Since I had no high school education or anything like that, I came to NYU, and they took a chance on me and let me in.

Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something.

You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy.

War cannot be driven out by war, for the use of evil breeds more evil, hostility more hostility, and the use of force more force.

We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.

Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar after work.

Resiliency is the key to love.