"The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be expressed by notes."
"I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation."
"The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you."
"I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp."
"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind."
"The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love."