Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Be that self which one truly is.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.