As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.

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.

Never wear a shoe that doesn't fit you

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

I usually find that the process of discovery is more interesting than the answers.

Man has much more to fear from the passions of his fellow-creatures, than from the convulsions of the elements.

The Christian life, then, is a battle, so sharp and full of danger that effort can nowhere be relaxed without loss.

If you show people you don't care, they'll return the favor. Show them you care, they'll reciprocate.

What keeps me going is my children.

When your legs get weaker time starts running faster.

The fiction Im most interested in has lines of reference to the real world.

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