There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
Passion goes, Boredom remains.
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.
All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.
Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.
I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic
In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
