He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.