You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.