Bright and illustrious illusions!

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

I love books. I enjoyed reading.

Sometimes, the only cost to experience an ecstatic moment is a decision

And on some level it walways felt like kids paying at being grown

[The Democrats] have got to do a better job of showing up.

It's exciting to do something you're writing. And it's also a lot easier to memorize because you wrote it.

I never seen snakes on a plane

Science advances one funeral at a time.

The bare earth, plantless, waterless, is an immense puzzle. In the forests or beside rivers everything speaks to humans. The desert does not speak. I could not comprehend its tongue; its silence...

And whiter grows the foam, The small moon lightens more; And as I turn me home, My shadow walks before.

Writing is a spiritual path. It helps you listen to your heart, trust your inner guidance, and live your life full-out.