A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

I know sometimes, that all it takes to be invincible, is to know you are such.

Let us create extraordinary words, on condition that they be put to the most ordinary use and that the entity they designate be made to exist in the same way as the most common object.

To create something and not to be attached to what you have created is a spiritual process.

I'm thinking of putting together an all-star band. I definitely have a bit of a rock fantasy.

I think that the formation of [DNA's] structure by Watson and Crick may turn out to be the greatest developments in the field of molecular genetics in recent years.

The only way to make the right decision is to find out which is the wrong decision, to examine that other path without fear, and only then decide.

Show me a man or woman with a mission, and I'll show you somebody that's tougher to beat.

The thought that so many people get their news from social media really is scary.

But the myth of violent solutions as the ultimate solutions maintains itself in much of popular media.

I’m listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have to say I’m pretty well-versed in the pop female category.