A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious.

The heart feels, the head compares.

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.