[A distressing event] came like a door banging on to a silent room.

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams

Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.

A bibliomaniac is one to whom books are like bottles of whiskey to the inebriate, to whom anything that is between covers has an intoxicating savor.

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform.

All paraphrases and expletives are so much in disuse that soon the only way of making love will be to say, "Lie down.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase.