The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.

Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.

We deserve this payment by all stretches of how one would calculate it.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.

It is better to be killed than frightened to death.