Soldier or sailor, the fighting man is but a fiend; and the staff and body-guard of the Devil musters many a baton.

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.

..a disability is something within you. A prejudice is something within theemployer...don’t look at yourself through their eyes. Look at yourself through your own eyes.

I acknowledge myself a unitarian

I did not go through the Book. The Book went through me.

I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' I said, 'I am.'

When you are consciously aware of all that you have to be grateful for, your life is in perfect harmony.

I understand better than she'd imagine that history is indelible. You can mask it; you can patch it smooth and clear; but you always know what's hidden underneath.

That was my great ambition. Not to be Illea's princess. To be Aspen's.

Actually, the New Deal's central dedication was to business recovery rather than social reform.

I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.

I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.