“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”

I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things.

And if kisses in these words could travel too, Madam, you’d read this letter with your lips.

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life without a dream?

You must believe me when I believe, and not when I doubt.

My soul, be satisfied with flowers, with fruit, with weeds even; but gather them in the one garden you may call your own.

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

It is at night that faith in light is admirable.

My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.

To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.

To offend is my pleasure; I love to be hated.

It is at night that faith in light is admirable.

A kiss is a rosy dot placed on the “i” in loving.

Your neck. I want to kiss it.

A great nose may be an index Of a great soul.

Stay awhile! ‘Tis sweet,. . . The rare occasion, when our hearts can speak Our selves unseen, unseeing!

To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!

Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another’s ears nor comprehend with another’s brain.

A Christian home! What a power it is to the child when he is far away in the cold, tempting world, and voices of sin are filling his ears, and his feet stand on slippery places.

That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.

Those who have ears to hear, will hear.

Before we can speak God’s message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.