For mother's sake the child was dear, and dearer was the mother for the child.

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.

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.

You have the right to chose your destiny, otherwise you will be left to live someone else's idea of what your life should be.

The things I fear may all be imaginary, so what I fear most is my imagination.

That is what love is I thought. A possibility that becomes a choice. A choice you keep making over and over. Day after day. Year after year. Time after time.

I can but die... and I believe in God. Let me try and wait His will in silence.

Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.

I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can.

We had become those guys... who started a fight... at a Harry Potter book party.

Why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?