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.

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.