Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.
Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.
Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.
Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.
Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.
Nothing is irreparable in politics.
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.