Then never less alone than when alone.

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

Long on the wave reflected lustres of play.

Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire, As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.

Man to the last is but a froward child; So eager for the future, come what may, And to the present so insensible.

Gentle to others, to himself severe.

To know her was to love her.

Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

When a new book is published, read an old one.

God is our Spiritual Father.

When our theories continually move us into more and more complicated explanations then, it is certain that we are moving in the wrong direction.

We sleep in language if language does not come to wake us up with its strangeness.

Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.

I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day.

Truly, men make too little use of their lives; and so it is no wonder that the world should still be in such a poor way.

The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card.

Satan probably wouldn't have talked so big if God had been his wife.

Ownership is not a vice, not something to be ashamed of, but rather a commitment, and an instrument by which the general good can be served.

We will fight and defend my good name in the European court. We have to be strong and defend Ukraine from this authoritarianism.