Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the imagination. It was the imagination that set remorse to dog the feet of sin. It was the imagination that made each crime bear its misshapen brood. In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the weak. That was all.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, for can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.