Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.

In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.

A hero in one age will be a hero in another.

What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.

When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.

We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none.

The life of a good man is a continual prayer.

The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe.

The law has no power over heroes.

No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.

There is no logic like the logic of the heart.

Life…was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it’s in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.

This house has enough nooks and crannies for English muffins.

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.

The degradation, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe. They are greater than you would willingly believe.

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it.

I have my way of doing things.

If you could get rid of yourself just once, the secret of secrets would open to you. The face of the unknown, hidden beyond the universe would appear on the mirror of your perception.

Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you.