“As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.”

We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere common places of existence.

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.

There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.

Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.

If i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.

A change of work is the best rest.

There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

You see, but you do not observe.

It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.

We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I’ve never revealed my self or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

The public library is more than a repository of books. It’s a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.

When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.

Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.

It is deplorable to remove all the romance – all the mystery!

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.