Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

Brevity - the sister of talent.

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.