The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

We must not inquire too curiously into motives. they are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.

autobiography at least saves a man or woman that the world is curious about from the publication of a string of mistakes called 'Memoirs.

Human experience is usually paradoxical.

I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.