We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.

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.

One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.

The insolence of time is like a blow in the face from an unseen enemy.

there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!

a great moment raises most of the people who experience it, to its own level; and that is why they do not always recognize its greatness - or their own.