The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous-and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight-and that, also, can shatter the world.

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?

There is no creation without faith and hope. There is no faith and hope that does not express itself in creation.

Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions.

I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps

Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.