In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not last? Were it not better to forget, Than but remember and regret?

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

Repentance is a one-faced Janus, ever looking to the past.

You are what you share.

A great physicist is always a metaphysicist as well he has a higher concept of his knowledge and his task.

Sympathy from strangers can be ruinous.

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

Montague's just been found in a toilet, Sir.

Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire, you need to get a solid foundation as soon as you can.

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

[I spent] much of my time reminding Matt Groening that I really need to be a head in a jar on Futurama.

In 1970s Britain, conservative philosophy was the preoccupation of a few half-mad recluses.

I believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India.