Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
There is no society ever discovered in the remotest corner of the world that has not had something that we would consider the arts. Visual arts - decoration of surfaces and bodies - appears to be a human universal.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.