Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well.

It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.

The greater the suffering depicted, the more terrible the events, the more intense our pleasure.

Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom)

None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught.

There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.

When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.