He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.

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.

The train blows through towndelivering reality, slapping my face and screaming, “You are alone”Rose colored memories drown, taking their last breath.

Bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else.

What is it at which all true artists are aiming? It is life, it is reality.

I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that genetics, upbringing, choice, social conditioning and environment play a major part in which way we sway.

There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.

I never intended to make a living from music. That's the funny thing. I wanted to be a journalist.

He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public.

Provenance is something very important in jewelry. You want to know who has worn a piece of jewelry and who it has belonged to - it's part of its history, part of its aura.

The ladies--Heaven bless them!--are, as a general rule, coquettes from babyhood upwards.