The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Manifesting that order of poetry where we can at last grow up to that which we stored up as we grew.

No fashion has ever been created expressly for the lean purse or for the fat woman: the dressmaker’s ideal is the thin millionaires.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.