It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

The pain of one human being to another cannot be translated through words and for that I am certain, it will never be truly experienced again.

As if I'd had time to drug it in the two milliseconds she'd let me out of her sight.

Ego-generated emotions are derived from the mind's identification with external factors which are, of course, all unstable and liable to change at any moment.

I'm not painting myself as a down-home, modest guy.

Jacobinism is the revolt of the enterprising talents of a country against its property.

The only thing that is constant is change.

Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

I think that when people experience something that seems to be supernatural, in some ways it cuts through the secular mindset.

A good story needs only a good storyteller.

Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place.