“There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.”

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Never cut what you can untie.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Children need models rather than critics.

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Space is the stature of God.