No mind should submit their mind to another mind He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still -- that's my motto. I won't be brainwashed.

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better. All day long when I was busy [...], I had my unfinished novel personified almost as a secret companion and accomplice following me like a shadow wherever I went, whatever I did.

The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to the Lord, who distinguishes our cause and delivers us from the unjust and deceitful man.

It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young.

I'm old-fashioned beyond my years.

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.