When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, he is mad.

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.

You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.

Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own.

I am equal to a baby and to a hundred year old lady. I am equal to an airline pilot and a car mechanic. I am equal to you. You are equal to me. It's that universal. Except that it's not.

One does not make wars less likely by formulationg rules of warfare... war cannot be humanized. It can only be eliminated.

I think all movies are political. The ones that are not political intentionally are the worst, and have the worst politics, I think.

Comrades - We are living in momentous times!

The clearer the rules and the limits enforced by parents, the higher the child's self-esteem. The more freedom the child had, the lower his self-esteem.

... one pets what one degrades; and one has to support what one has enfeebled

The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.

The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society.