We may learn by practice such things upon earth as shall be of use to us in heaven. Piety, unostentatious piety, is never out of place.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.

I know: yes, no, even I must tear offThe delicate daisy petals.Everyone on earth is destined to feelThe torments of love.

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

Nobody knows exactly what he's capable of until he tries.

Our vanity makes us exaggerate the importance of human life; the individual is nothing; Nature cares only for the species.

I have been the creative literary mind of the century.

Money is a machine for doing quickly and commodiously what would be done, though less quickly and commodiously, without it.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

Ayurvedic medicine is ancient, and its resurgence is necessary because we do need the proper balance in our medical approach.

All fanmail is a bit of fun. We do get some nice letters and some fanatical mail too. There's one woman who thinks me and her are married and has asked when she can come home. That's a bit spooky.