I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language-religion-government-blood-identity in these makes men of one country.

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.

Rise above storms.Sail against tides.Succeed against the odds.

When we introduce new technologies into our classrooms we are teaching our students twice.

I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the other part of the equation.

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a course laid out.

It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.

The most happy women within their homes are those who have married sensible men. The latter suffer themselves to be governed with so much the more pleasure, as they are always masters of themselves.

Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.

Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.

Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.

I am a moralist. I worry.