The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.

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.

Knowledge can be acquired by education, reading, communicating and observing, but also simply by living.

Choose a compassionate frame of mind. Always choose love. Always be kind.

Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in relation to other signifiers.

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

I've been to the top and I've been to the bottom more times than most people ride in an elevator.

I'm so proud of myself. I worked with anger, with the darkest things in the world.

I'm so beautifully represented, so honored the Senate approved Rex Tillerson . He's going to be fantastic.

There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

I've read all the books but one Only remains sacred: this Volume of wonders, open Always before my eyes.

In art there is no absolute good or bad, but it is absolute that there is good and bad.