To be beloved is all I need, And whom I love, I love indeed.

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.

When you are seeing a person, you are not really seeing him. You are seeing his reflection through the mirror of your mind.

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.

Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

If not reason, then the devil.

Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us.

Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer.

There's just something really, really timeless about live instruments. There's just something special about them that you can't really duplicate or grasp without including live instruments.

she hurriedly wipes her eyes so that he can see the girl he wishes.

Only your friends steal your books.