Love is the master-key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.

The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of that it sings its monotonous song forever and ever.

America is the only place where man is full-grown!

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.

I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.