Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn.

When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable.

I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.