The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.
In my head there is a whole army of people asking to be let out and waiting for the word of command.
Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
It's better to live down a scandal than to ruin one's life.
In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture.