Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.

We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.

Regrets over the past should chasten the future.

Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.

An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.

Newspapers are the world's mirrors.

There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.

Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.

If life is a flower, then love is the beauty of that flower.

You are free. Your mind belongs to you. Your thoughts are yours. Honor the sacred territory of your freedom and individuality.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

Don't wait for mentors to seek you out. Don't ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking question.

Mr Hitchens's policy has succeeded in making 10,000 new Bin Ladens.

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne'er come down again.

I would flip this the other way and say over 90 percent of African-Americans voted against Donald Trump.

Capital simply allows us to expend labour in advance.