An orphan's curse would drag to hell, a spirit from on high; but oh! more horrible than that, is a curse in a dead man's eye!

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

And we all end up where we started

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.

Behind every great man in prison is another great man in prison.

You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.

They are specific places I have discovered here and there when I am on the road to take photos. I go especially to take photos.

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

The problem in this world is to avoid concentration of power - we must have a dispersion of power.

Dogs are forever in the push up postion.

But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them.