Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.

To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper; it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations of the soul.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

From the moment we are born, we begin to die.

Time is always standing still

Fate has a twisted sense of humor.

With Dad, he was the ultimate wildlife warrior, and we admired him more than anything.

To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.

I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to be printing books in the U.S.

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

Why try to fit in when you a stand out?

The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back.

It was not my aim to paint about the Negro in America in terms of propaganda. It is to depict the life of my people as I know it, passionately and dispassionately as Brueghel.