if one's natural feelings are suppressed long enough one develops supernatural feelings and feels surer of having a soul.

sanity, in my opinion, is an achievement. I have seen very few well-balanced people in my life who were not dunces.

It is easier to give all your goods to feed the poor, or not to have any goods - only your virtues, to boast of - than it is to judge the rich with charity.

Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No matter how tightly you keep the lid on, there is some watered stock of vanity inside. You are always in danger of the thing's coming off and of giving yourself an air or two. No man or woman was ever so distinguished that this exhibition did not make him ridiculous, especially to those of meaner minds.

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

I love truth, although I shall die hating mere facts, because they are misleading.

Maybe I shall never achieve happiness, but one thing I have had - the terrible wisdom of love.