Silence is an ornament for women.

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

People are pursuing happiness, but they're pursuing things that will never, ever make them happy, and they don't know that. They've got a distorted view of what will make them happy, what happiness is, and it's based on what they see on television.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.

I suspect that perfect happiness is not possible for me. I suppose if I was ever selected for eternal life - the moment I was informed - that would bring me the closest.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.