Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick.

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.

Remembering is easy. It's forgetting that's hard.

I had come to believe that there was something sacred in telling stories and telling them true.

and today, your bonesgathered your skinand said'Come on, let's do it again

You want to make a guy comfortable enough to confess to murder.

If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

Paper remains the standard to which digital media can only aspire.

You're always searching for the thing to heal you, and I thought therapy would give me that. But it didn't - it just helps you recognize your demons.

Nice is different than good.

What i value more than all things, good humor.