There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

It is spring, let us dance and dream with flowers. Let us sing and enjoy the trees.

As long as I continue to hear "normal" people telling me I am too childish I know I'm doing just fine.

Sweet as sugar, hard as ice. Hurt me once, I'll kill you twice.

Schools should take an active part in directing social change, and share in the construction of a new social order

If I had to choose between the band or the friendships, I'd choose the friendships at this point.

Any good relationship that I've had with an actor has always been so emotional and personal. If you don't have that then you're just lying.

I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King. And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it.

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

Come near, that no more blinded by man's fate, I find under the boughs of love and hate, In all poor foolish things that live a day, Eternal beauty wandering on her way.

I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.