“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.”
“He only who is reduced to nothing in himself, and relies on the mercy of God is poor in spirit”
“Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of religions none but the speaker’s.”
“He was a nice guy. That was the sort of thing you said about somebody you had nothing against and nothing in common with; you called him a nice guy. That was what Lowell was, even to himself”
“There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.”
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.”