What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

Those were my children being slaughtered.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

We need to reevaluate that women who ask for a pay raise or ask for a promotion - it's actually an okay thing.

It is much more difficult to live for nonviolence than to die for it.

The insight to see possible new paths, the courage to try them, the judgment to measure results - these are the qualities of a leader.

Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore."

Those obsessed with health are not healthy; the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself.

Each draws to his best-loved.

Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is.