He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

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.

We focus on the reasons why we ‘can’t’ at the expense of the far greater reasons why we ‘can’.

It's very kind of you to take us in, " said the vicar, smiling. "We're so sorry if we've put you out at all." "Not at all!" I said, lying through my teeth.

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.

You paid for every second of beauty you managed to steal.

Once you've committed yourself to something, pace yourself to the finish line.

Your early successes can be your undoing later.

I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.

I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself.

Music, I think, is best when it honestly explores personal demons, and it stirs around in the silt of the psyche to find out what's really there.