The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is read more

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs read more

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24].

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth read more

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of.

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of.

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Girls usually have a paper mâché face on their wedding day.

Girls usually have a paper mâché face on their wedding day.

If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; read more

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.