I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.
If we attempt to sink the soul in matter, its light is quenched.
The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is
Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.
As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.
We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.
The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself.
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on the hustings as at the fireside.
I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later
All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them.