A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him.

In oratory affectation must be avoided; it being better for a man by a native and clear eloquence to express himself than by those words which may smell either of the lamp or inkhorn.

Inconstancy no sin will prove If we consider that we love But the same beauty in another face, Like the same body in another place.

Truth exists. The sole purpose of this proposition is to assert the existence of truth against imbeciles and sceptics.

Sleep, nurse of our life, care's best reposer.

Value is the unseen reflection in the mirror. If you don't see it, neither will anyone else.

Don't let the lies of yesterday hamper the promises of tomorrow

L'absurde est la notion essentielle et la premie' re ve? rite? . The absurd is the fundamental idea and the first truth.

Jesus Christ did not ask much from us, He did not demand that people climb Mount Everest or make great sacrifices. He just asked that we love one another.

We do not learn so much by our successes as we learn by failures - our own and others! Especially if we see the failures properly corrected.

When you were straight, evil thoughts and memories came pouring up out of the darkness inside you; buzzing black flies clinging to the insides of your skull.

Science always interested me, and science, real science, was more science fiction than science fiction.

The universe is still a place of mystery and wonder.

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.