The best prayers have often more groans than words.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

Good words cool more than cold water.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags.