Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.

I am alone again and I want to be so; alone with the pure sky and open sea.

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

The quality of a marriage is proven by its ability to tolerate an occasional "exception.

The most general deficiency in our sort of culture and education is gradually dawning on me: no one learns, no one strives towards, no one teaches--enduring loneliness.