It is the duty of the Judge in criminal trials to take care that the verdict of the jury is not founded upon any evidence except that which the law allows.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Laughter is poison to fear.

No matter how much the woman is beautiful, she will lose her womanhood if she is dumb, arrogant or liar.

Great wits are to madness near alliedAnd thin partitions do their bounds divide.

The world is not threatened by evil people, but by those who allow evil to take place.

I think it's really important to follow your intuition and gut, and try not to do things just for the sake of pleasing other people.

After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be anything but broken.

We'll stay warm tonight even if we have to sit by each other and snuggle.

It takes time to understand yourself, to go inside yourself and to question yourself and really take yourself to task. That's self-expression.

Most of the services staff is for the larger corporations, not so much for small and medium businesses because they cannot afford an extensive services army.

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.