He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.
I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.
Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws.
A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.
There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.
Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.