Delicacy in woman is strength.

What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment, nothing of resounding through eternity and nothing of the footsteps of the Almighty.

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.