I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

I do not know at first what it is that harms me. The men and things of to-day are wont to be fairer and truer in to-morrow's memory.

Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.

Things do not change; we change.

I am not afraid that I shall exaggerate the value and significance of life, but that I shall not be up to the occasion which it is.

They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little.