Is there anything in life so disenchanting as achievement?

Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon which they stand.

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese--toasted mostly.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.