No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which makes me suspect that we hear too much of it in literature.

-I am not sure whether he's sane. -If there's any doubt about the matter, he is.

Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.

A great part of this life consists in contemplating what we cannot cure.

Love- what is love? A great and aching heart; Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality, and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.