And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She.

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.

Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.

Strange are the pictures of the future that mankind can thus draw with this brush of faith and these many-coloured pigments of the imagination! Strange, too, that no one of them tallies with another!

Be careful when power comes to thee also, lest thou too shouldst smite in thine anger or thy jealousy, for unconquerable strength is a sore weapon in the hands of erring man

...For like a rugged tree you are hard and sound at the core.

If you would be wealthy think of saving as well as of getting.

There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage makes sense to me.

The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.

I wonder if that isn't the most sinful thing of all -- thinking all the pleasant things are wicked.

I believe in doing what I am best at.

I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free.

I would like to ban people being allowed to text while in a crosswalk.

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.

All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.

Do I want to be right or be happy?