Once A Man Is United To God,

Many Things, Such As Loving, Going To Sleep, Or Behaving Unaffectedly - Are Done Worst When We Try Hardest To Do Them.

An Author Should Never Conceive Himself As Bringing Into Existence Beauty Or Wisdom Which Did Not Exist Before, But Simply And Solely As Trying To Embody In Terms Of His Own Art Some Reflection Of Eternal Beauty And Wisdom.

There Is No Use Saying You Chose To Lie Down When It Has Become Impossible To Stand Up.

You Can't Go Against The Grain Of The Universe And Not Expect To Get Splinters.

The Truth Is, Of Course, That What One Regards As Interruptions Are Precisely One's Life.