...he began to fear whether in the presence of far greater events, all his acts would not fade into insignificance, just as a drop of rain disappears into the sea.

Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.

He always smiles, even when contemplating nothing good.

England is never in a hurry because she is eternal.

In the presence of the storm, thunderbolts, hurricane, rain, darkness, and the lions, which might be concealed but a few paces away, he felt disarmed and helpless.

There are always those to whom all self-revelation is contemptible, unless it ends with a noble thanks to the gods for the Unconquerable Soul.

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

Praise begets emulation,--a goodly seed to sow among youthful students.

Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!

There's only one race - it's human. We are all brothers and sisters.

I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.

Habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness.

I have always thought beach weddings are beautiful. A sunset ceremony with a beautiful sky, white drapes and fire lanterns.

I liked work shoes and big, working-class hands. The stars would come and go, but the crew on my movies was my extended family.

Our unconscious, then, does not believe in its own death; it behaves as if it were immortal. It knows nothing that is negative; in it contradictories coincide. This may be the secret of heroism.