The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.

The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.

In a world where everything is ridiculous, nothing can be ridiculed. You cannot unmask a mask.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

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

Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.