Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

it takes the very wisest person there is to know when to talk, and when to keep still.

There was an exquisitely beautiful conception in my brain when I did this piece of work all alone from midnight until morning after the experience of a wonderful day. But I was not able to make the consummation anywhere nearly as beautiful as the inspiration. That, I suppose, is the cry of every heart struggling for self-expression.

The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.

In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception

The seasons run with swift feet.

I don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.