Law of Contrariness: Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. Having found them, we shall then hate them for it.

There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and edges of truth. But it turns out to be scene-painting and counterfeit. The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.

Doing well is a result of doing good.

The hero sees that the event is ancillary: it must follow him.

Every time you wink the stars move.

In good company, the individuals merge their egotism into a social soul exactly co-extensive with the several consciousnesses there present.

Don't ever give up on something or someone that you can't go a full day without thinking about.