Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

GOD can turn every curse into a blessings.

When you meet someoneso different from yourself, in a good way, you don’t even have to kissto have fireworks go off.

A lifetime had to be crafted, just like anything else, she thought, it had to be moulded and beaten and burnished in order to get the most out of it.

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.

Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having even if the parting has to come sooner or later.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

We know where we're going cause we know where we're from.

I know you feel inhuman, and as if you are set apart, away from life and love, but... I promise you, the right man won't care.

There is no heavier burden than an unfulfilled potential.

I've always written at night - my working day for years was around 9pm to 2am - though I do keep more regular hours these days.