Alas! they had been friends in youth but whispering tongues can poison truth.

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.

What you think to be a tragedy id God’s opportunity to show Himself faithful.

The essence of Druidry is training the mind to both handle contradictory input and construct contradictory out

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

All important progress made by the human race has its roots in daydreaming.

All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.

Sometimes he could almost forget that it was there, the way you forget about the sky or the earth underfoot, but there were other times when it seemed as if there was nothing else in the world.

Marriage is about raising children. That's the purpose of the institution.

What is it like after you die? Just like it was before you were born.

Woman is a temple built over a sewer.