As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

Nostalgia dies in the pit of my throat from lack of exercise and I buried the word six feet under the pronunciation of hopeful tomorrows.

God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven

If you cannot find beauty in the midst of ugliness to find heaven on earth, you will not be able to find heaven in space.

I think of the horizon at midnight, the sky and sea blurring together.

I'm like an expensive menu... you can look but you can't afford!

Nobody gave me what I wanted for my birthday! Nobody! What sort of presents do you call these? New shoes, a green sweater and a bunch of stupid toys!" "What were you expecting?" "Real estate!

I just don't think Hillary Clinton has the presidential look.

Love is like a flower - you have to let it grow.

Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.

Taking people on a journey is the fundamental element of underground dance music. I don't sell records.