The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

Realize your purpose and carry it out boldly

The subjective experience of intense pain (“That’s all I can take”) corresponds exactly to one’s subjective experience in relation to truth (“That’s all I can take”).

Love is. the flower of life and blossoms unexpectedly and without law and must be plucked where it is found and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Worry is half impatience and half ignorance.

It is not necessary to live, But to carve our names beyond that point, This is necessary.

I'm not macho. I'm very open about things. I don't try to hide my feelings.

Never patronise someone who knows they don't deserve it, for they will be quick to compliment your failures.

I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.