The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal.

We have but the memories of past good cheer, we have but the echoes of departed laughter. In vain we look and listen for the mirth that has died away. In vain we seek to question the gray ghosts of old-time revelers.

Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times, because they had nobody to talk about.

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the earth peopled as ever by the inept.