Nature is nobody's ally.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

When I stand and contemplate my fate and see the path along which you have led me, what's the rest of it?

A wise man nourishes his soul each morning with the word of God and enriches his day with God's wisdom. Psalm 19:7.

If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.

In addition to wreaking havoc on our bodies, anger close our inner door, making us feel isolated and distrustful, hindering communication.

The high that I got from helping people and being around the love was better than any other high I've gotten from any drug

If Americans should now turn back, submit again to slavery, it would be a betrayal so base the human race might better perish.

An honourable public and a dishonourable dictator cannot live together; at the end, the latter goes!

I can see that in certain political situations you have to use force to overthrow police states.

Time travels at different speeds for different people. I can tell you who time strolls for, who it trots for, who it gallops for, and who it stops cold for.

Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.