I stood in unimaginable trance And agony that cannot be remembered.

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.

No matter where she went, God was her family. He was her hope.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams.

In my long, long years toiling around the publishing industry, I've found that women simply don't stick to the writing with the same fervor that men do.

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.

And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

The merchant has no country .