And in today already walks tomorrow.

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.

Fight fire with fire.

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.

It is personal. That's what an education does. It makes the world personal.

I don't try to be angry to prove something. I wouldn't try to intimidate you for any reason unless you were trying to intimidate me, and then I would show you that you can't do that to me.

Sin is what you do when you are not satisfied in God.

Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.

A real love letter is absolutely ridiculous to everyone except the writer and the recipient.

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

Sports keep you feeling cheerful, feeling spirited, it's a kind of a thriving feeling.

You can't make homes out of human beings.