Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not / You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy.

Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.

We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.

For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.