Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

The soul can only be sustained by the spirit.

It is a bird’s imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.

I just figured that was the life I picked, so I had to make the most of it.

The best-loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish could they hear all that their friends say in the course of a day.

Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

Stars of earth, these golden flowers; emblems of our own great resurrection; emblems of the bright and better land.

How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering

Fear, Craft and Avarice Cannot rear a State.

Other people have all kinds of information about you that is invisible to you. How do you get feedback?

Giving offers us the opportunity to reshape our destiny. When you give, you are reshaping your destiny.