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

The more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.

of being strong and brave. The strong can not be brave. Only the weak can be brave; and yet again, in practice, only those who can be brave can be trusted, in time of doubt, to be strong.

Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.

The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed.

There nearly always is a method in madness.

Progress is a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative.