Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

In order to avoid shipwreck, wise people usually appoint one captain to navigate the ship.

You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.

My mathematics is simple: one plus one = one.

One day a week I seek to rest from earthly toil and sorrow.Revitalized, I find the strength to battle new tomorrows.

Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.

Do not ask if a man has been through college; ask if a college has been through him; if he is a walking university.

The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.

The more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality, the larger and more accurate our maps will be. But many do not want to make this effort.

You are always a winner. Sometimes you win, sometimes you make others win.