The peace of nature and of the innocent creatures of god seems to be secure and deep, only so long as the presence of man and his restless and unquiet spirit are not there to trouble its sanctity.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

All that is literature seeks to communicate power

Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium!

There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.

Fierce sectarianism breeds fierce latitudinarianism.

Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear.

The first key to leadership is self-control.

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

This time I hurt her more than she loves me.

If Vladimir Putin says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him.

I'm not of the religion but I'm educated enough to understand there is a misconception about it globally.

All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee.

A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.

Akiko Tsuruga ranks as one of the top organists around today.

We have none of us seen a form which had not a beginning and will not have an end.