To be religious is not to feel, but to be.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Grant me the patience with changes that take time, appreciation of all that I have, tolerance of those with different struggles, and the strength to get up and try again, one day at a time.

All you earnest young men out to save the world. . . please, have a laugh.

The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone.

I cannot worship the abstractions of virtue: she only charms me when she addresses herself to my heart, speaks through the love from which she springs.

The fence and the boundary line are the symbols of the spirit of justice. They set the limits upon each man's interest to prevent one from taking advantage of the other.

Man has always been his own most vexing problem.