One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. – George Santayana
Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. – George Santayana
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana
The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. – George Santayana
For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man. – Craig Claiborne, New York Times Cookbook