No one can help another very much in these crises of life; but love and sympathy count for something.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.

The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.

Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

To failure at something is an attempt to succeed. Be strong and try again.

That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.

The early bird gets the worm that should have slept in.

Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.

Your anatomy is a mystery that nobody bothers explaining to us. Even when we think we have mastered one woman's body, every body is different.

Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.

Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.

Prayer is the instrument of miracles.

No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.

A wonderful story collection set between one place and another and shaped by a fearless sense of comedy.