A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.

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. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.

I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.

Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them.

It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.

It is crazy to postulate a trillion (causally unconnected) universes to explain the features of one universe, when postulating one entity (God) will do the job.

My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else

We have the right to ensure our security, especially when it is possible to reach agreement on a political solution.