A pipe is a pocket philosopher,--a truer one than Socrates, for it never asks questions. Socrates must have been very tiresome, when one thinks of it.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

Nothing will ever be enough to satisfy the black hole in our hearts.

When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.

If a person has a contribution to make, he must make it in public. If learning is not made public, it is a waste.

And where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds came to listen with serious and sympathetic mien.

I won't blast people out of my way just because they're there' said Harry. 'That's Voldemort's job.

My favorite photos are the ones where people don't really see me. I'm more interested in looking at people looking at things.

I could have signed for Newcastle when I was 17, but I decided I would be better off at Carlisle. I'd had a drink that night.

Liberalism is a series of grievances in addition to everything else that it is.

Kicking the football and the soccer ball is all the same, just a different shape, like an egg. It doesn't make any difference.