Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a sufficient time, the leash which at first galled often grows easy and familiar.

In beginning the world, if you don't wish to get chafed at every turn, fold up your pride carefully, put it under lock and key, and only let it out to air upon grand occasions. Pride is a garment all stiff brocade outside, all grating sackcloth on the side next to the skin.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

The circle of life is cut up into segments. All lines are equal if they are drawn from the centre and touch the circumference.

The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment.

All doubt is cowardice - all trust is brave.

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.