True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Nothing is too great or too good to be true. Do not believe that we can imagine things better than they are. In the long run, in the ultimate outlook, in the eye of the Creator, the possibilities of existence, the possibilities open to us, are beyond our imagination.

Whenever man forgets that man is an animal, the result is always to make him less humane.

The human mind can appreciate the One only by seeing it first in the Many.