Always blame conditions, not men

To be wise means to be a teacher, means to be a soul winner. That's our business - That's our only business!

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn't like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth.

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

No one to love, none to caress, Left all alone in this world's wilderness.

Evil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the end, perfect.

The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it.

No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.

Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous.

For those that think men make progress collectively, I warn you, history teaches: You couldn’t be more wrong.

As long as there’s breath in You - PERSIST!

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.

There are no inanimate objects.

It only hurts when I'm not laughing.

I am not Nostradamus.Nor would I want to be. I'm convinced being able to tell the future is the worst superpower. I'd rather be invisible and being invisible never ends well. Just read H. G. Wells!

A golden tomb is useful only for the thieves!

I think that The Great Gatsby has had some influence on contemporary dressing. I'm seeing more boyish haircuts and drop-waist sheath dresses.

Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned