The world of the egotist is, inevitably, a narrow world, and the boundaries of self are limited to the close horizon of personality.... But, within this horizon, there is room for many attributes that are excellent.

What fools people are when they think they can make two lives belong together by saying words over them.

Nothing is more consuming, or more illogical, than the desire for remembrance.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

... the life of the mind is reality, and love without romantic illumination is a spiritless matter.

Grandpa says we've got everything to make us happy but happiness.

Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.