Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.

Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame. If you draw a giraffe, you must draw him with a long neck. If in your bold creative way you hold yourself free to draw a giraffe with a short neck, you will really find that you are not free to draw a giraffe.

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.

Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde.