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

Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue]

Our wise old church...has discovered that if you will act as if you believed belief will be given to you; if you pray with doubt, but pray with sincerity, your doubt will be dispelled; if you will surrender yourself to the beauty of that liturgy the power of which over the human spirit has been proved by the experience of the ages, peace will descend upon you.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

You know, when one's in love,' I said, 'and things go all wrong, one's terribly unhappy and one thinks one won't ever get over it. But you'll be astounded to learn what the sea will do.' What do you mean?' she smiled. Well, love isn't a good sailor and it languishes on a sea voyage. You'll be surprised when you have the Atlantic between you and Larry to find how slight the pang is that before you sailed seemed intolerable.