You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.

And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history.

The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being too old for them; and between those two clouds, what small and narrow sunlight illumines a human lifetime!

People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.

The exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom.

I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation.

If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights of the heart.