I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.

Nothing worth learning can ever be taught

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

She knew nothing, but she had everything that he had lost.

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.