It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.
One's dreams must be big enough so as not to lose sight of them.
There is no Mystery so great as Misery.
The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.
There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them.
The only way to get rid of tempation is to yeild to it.