What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values.

... so in love the heart surrenders itself entirely to the one being that has known how to touch it. That being is not selected; it is recognised and obeyed.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

Photography at first was asked to do nothing but embalm our best smiles for the benefit of our friends and our best clothes for the amusement of posterity. Neither thing lasts, and photography came as a welcome salve to keep those precious, if slightly ridiculous, things a little longer in the world.