Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Do you ever wonder about the fairy tales of life?

There was a young lady called Peaches, who simply loved animals to pieces.She ate pigs and sheep, and for cows she would weep, when baked in a sauce of rich greases.

I always think that you should be striving to write your best song.

Social Media is much bigger than we give it credit for. It’s not just about PR or just about marketing.

If the very old will remember, the very young will listen.

Many armies fail because they put all their emphasis into creating a plan that becomes useless ten minutes into the battle

The tax that is taken from the free non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim government whereby they ratify the compact that assures them protection, as though it were compensation for not being slain.

That there is an evolution of one sort or another is now common ground among scientists. Whether or not that evolution is directed is another question.

So I told my mum that I'd opened a theatre. She said, "Are you having me on?" I said, "Well I'll give you an audition, but I'm not promising you anything."