"Most of us can remember a time when a birthday — especially if it was one's own — brightened the world as if a second…"

"There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people w…"

"We welcome almost any break in the monotony of things, and a man has only to murder a series of wives in a new way to…"

"In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence. One has to sit still like a mystic and wait. O…"

"The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human il…"

"Yes! I could find some comfort in the thought Of being scourged, Were there but hope that this defiling sin Which mar…"

"O to be like my Lord! Yet must I be Mine own self too, And to the nature He bestowed on me Be frankly true.The olive …"

"Imitar equivale a moverse i fatigarse en el wagón de un ferrocarril: nos imajinamos realizar mucho i no hacemos más q…"

"El hombre anda con pasos cortos en la infancia i en la vejez."

"la forma da el mérito; n'olvidemos que sólo por la forma, el carbono se llama unas veces carbón i otras veces diamante"