A good forgettery is a happier possession than a good memory.

In every life there is a perfect moment, like a flash of sun. We can shape our days by that, if we will - before by faith, and afterward by memory.

There are many people who consider love a dream, but they usually grow to think of marriage as the cold breakfast.

Silence always gives consent.

Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.

The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.

There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.