First, I thought, almost despairing, This must crush my spirit now; Yet I bore it, and am bearing- Only do not ask me how.

There is only one writer in whom I find something that reminds me of the directness of style which is found in the Bible. It is Shakespeare.

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.

The real madness probably is not another thing that the wisdom itself that, tired of discovering the shames of the world, has taken the intelligent resolution to become mad

Laughter is wholesome. God is not so dull as some people make out. Did not He make the kitten to chase its tail.

A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.