The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on.

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.

Love is the fragrance of a rose we call humankind.

There are two things in life I never discuss, Religion and Politics. That is the only way one can have a serene life.

A light purse is a heavy curse.

. . . And so Charlie Asher . . . led an army of fourteen-inch-tall bundles of animal bits, armed with everything from knitting needles to a spork, into the storm sewers of San Fransciso.

Valentines Day is the Super Bowl of relationships. If you're alone that night you didn't make the cut.

The best university is the university of life.

It is not the role of government to use the taxation and welfare system as a tool to level the playing field.

It's not so much what you win, it's what you become.

My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.