aphorisms (44)

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I would always rather be happy than dignified.

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.