So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed.

Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings in the general concerns of the world.

For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior.

At the end of life thoughts hitherto impossible come to the collected mind, like good spirits which let themselves down from the shining heights of the past.

There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.

Power is neither male nor female.

The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does.