When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.

A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.

You can't have genius without patience.

Anger as well as love casts out fear.

the blue and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket of jewels upon the violet rim of sea, and shuts out the light.

I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.