We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Greenwich Village... the village of low rents and high arts.

I don't need to be told the same thing every day, every morning, same words.

I haven't shaken my fists at the moon.

I monitor haters' comments. I am aware of vicious rumors, but I am not afraid anymore.

I would not be interested in writing if I didn't feel that what I wrote was an act of good citizenship or an attempt, at any rate, to be a good citizen.

The works of God are great mysteries and may truly always be hidden from us, however it is not wrong to lead your own personal enquiry through your prayers to the Lord.

I never set out to make men a career; it just happened that way.

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be. Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap.

Be as thankful for it all the time as you expect to be when it has taken form.