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

Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.

The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.

The temper of mind that sees tragedy in life has not for its opposite the temper that sees joy. The opposite pole to the tragic view of life is the sordid view.

The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly -- that and only that, is tragedy.

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought.