I once heard a preacher who sorely tempted me to go to church no more.

It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifferenceto death.

Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.

We postpone our literary work until we have more ripeness and skill to write, and we one day discover that our literary talent wasa youthful effervescence which we have now lost.

A person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless. I want to devote my limited life to serving the people limitlessly.

If you take in a lie, you must take in all that belongs to it.

I like man, but not men.