Good and bad men are each less so than they seem.

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.

Children teach us more than our elders because they are real reflector of our society.

Being yourself is beautiful.

The world's favorite verb is 'get'. The verb of the Christian is 'give'

Football's like a big market place and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables.

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.

It is permissible to be the god of your own metaphors.

This is how you control your domestic population - by making people afraid and by identifying an enemy.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

In two words, impossible.

I used to exist in a simple world of right and wrong, positive and negative. I grew out of an ordered world. Everything had its place, before I came along and belonged nowhere.