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

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

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.

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.

Major breakthroughs often come after major breakdowns.

Hope is what makes the human condition liveable

There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.

He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own.

Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.

I personally apologize to any person who felt anything less than respected and valued by myself.

Links have become the suburbs of the real world.

Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.

Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.