No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

If he didn’t care about you, you couldn’t upset him, ” Liza tells Bod.

Do something today that reflects who you are, what you are capable of, what you care about. Give yourself plenty of evidence of what you can do, and you will not doubt your abilities to do anything.

By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time.

Worn out places, worn out faces.

The muddy moods of oil paints are the painter's muddy humors, and its brilliant transformations are the painter's unexpected discoveries.

[Donald Trump] is trying to be elected president of the United States and he's doing that with or without certain people's endorsements.

To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.

Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.

I feel like I am in a box of bees when I am in a room with lots of people and I'm just looking for the door. I find myself getting more and more agoraphobic as time goes on.

The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.