Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.

Habits and customs are a convenience devised for the support of timid natures who dare not allow their souls free play.

I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality of everything.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.

With twice his wits, she had to see things through his eyes -- one of the tragedies of married life.

As I grow old I hate the writing of letters more and more, and like getting them better and better.