There is a just Latin axiom, that he who seeks a reason for everything subverts reason.

A life on the ocean wave! A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep!

The human soul is like a bird that is born in a cage. Nothing can deprive it of its natural longings, or obliterate the mysterious remembrance of its heritage.

The cold blast at the casement beats;The window-panes are white;The snow whirls through the empty streets;It is a dreary night!

True poetry, like the religious prompting itself, springs from the emotional side of a man's complex nature, and is ever in harmony with his highest intuitions and aspirations.

Republics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful.

Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.

Great leadership produces great success. Weak leadership produces failure.

Ingenuousness is skewed by the cracks in the mirrors of the eye caused by the blunders of the insincere

Stress is being responsible for things that you have no control over.

Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.

Godly fear, faith, and humility is the true threefold cord that can’t easily be broken (see Ecclesiastes 4:12).

Donald Trump's habit of making offensive and outlandish statements will not bring Americans together.

My only strength is finding something where most people would find nothing.

It's completely legitimate for a company to continue striving for growth and higher profits. But business activities have to be conducted in a sustainable manner.

The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.