In the morning I had decided that henceforth I only cared for easy loves. It is so degrading to have to persuade people into liking one, or one's works.

To think of losing is to lose already.

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures.

One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

Life is BETTER when you're SMILING!

Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?"....I met his gaze and I did not blink. "Words of comfort, " I said to my father.

I may not be my brothers keeper, but I am my brother's brother.

I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.

From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations

If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless.

I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats.

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time.