What are so mysterious as the eyes of a child?

death ... is not a great affair! Think - it happens once only - to each of us - as birth does. What do you know about being born? that - and no more - will you know about the act of death.

A blossom must break the sheath it has been sheltered by.

To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.

... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty