My art is different than yours; it consists not in defeating others, but in not being defeated.

Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.

The first duty of any Christian is to know God and the wisdom of His Word to the utmost

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!The world forgetting, by the world forgot.Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story, but you have to make up the story.

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were taking a cure.

I've actually always wanted to make something like an acoustic record.

A fellow ought to save a few of the long evenings he spends with his girl till after they're married.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit

An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.