Endurance is the crowning quality.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

A man only misfortune is to forsake his Maker.

Think of you! I do not think of you

Alcoholism plus criminality plus whatever caused both in the first place form a combination that is very nearly happy-ending-proof.

It's so enjoyable to play a bad guy, you know.

The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.

Working on your biceps? Try chopping down a cherry tree.

We humans fear the beast within the wolf because we do not understand the beast within ourselves.

When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.'

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.

Putting a family member in jail is a good sign there is something seriously wrong in the home.