We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.

A sense of justice is a noble fancy.

A woman's honor rests on manly love.

O, if so much beauty doth reveal Itself in every vein of life and nature, How beautiful must be the Source itself, The Ever Bright One.

A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.

Attach thyself to truth; defend justice; rejoice in the beautiful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away; that which is eternal will remain in thy heart.

I'll wear no convicts uniform nor meekly serve my time that Britain might brand Irelands fight 800 years of crime.

He's the kind of guy who will stab you in the back right to your face.

No one in the modern world is more lonely than the writer with a literary conscience.

This souls'prison we call England.

Hearts are like tapers, which at beauteous eyes Kindle a flame of love that never dies; And beauty is a flame, where hearts, like moths, Offer themselves a burning sacrifice.

The virtue of books is to be readable.

Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself.

There's is not enough money in Hollywood to lure me into making another picture with Joan Crawford. And I like money.

The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.

I must say that, on the whole, I prefer fiction to poetry.