From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary scene to the contemplative mind.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

You don't begin with a destiny. It is the sum total of your choices. The first and the last are especially important.

Time is key to building your financial security.

Life must pass through difficulty in order to achieve any modicum of beauty.

Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.

Live and die your own way, unnoticed.

I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things.

When I have fears that I may ceace to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teaming brain".

One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

The ongoing successful treatment of my depression is the single most important positive step I have taken in my life, hence my enthusiasm for the subject.