Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

My life is for itself and not for a spectacle.

A mind might ponder its thought for ages, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day.

The student is to read history actively not passively.

I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.

What I must do is all that concerns me,

You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.

By chance we met, by choice we become friend

You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.

I considered not getting up, but recognized the pain of staying down was worse than the pain of attempting to stand.

Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.

I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me

I'm a big fan of domino masks, like Zorro, or Robin. You could put a domino mask on anything, and it becomes a superhero. You put a domino mask on a milkman, and he becomes, like, Super Milkman.

I would never want to change myself to be someone I'm not.

I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.

I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.

But I do not remember ever having seen a newspaper in the house; and, most certainly, that privation did not render us less industrious, happy, or free.