Personal life becomes paler as the imaginative life becomes richer.

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.

It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?

Religion is different from everything else; because in religion seeking is finding.

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

Too much detail is apt, like any other form of extravagance, to become slightly vulgar.

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.