There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.

Where there is an unknowable, there is a promise.

People were always asking for good sound proofs; doubt springs eternal in the human breast, even in countries where the Inquisition can read your very thoughts in your eyes.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment.

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.