Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty.

Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night.

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.

A soul,--a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.

The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

True courage is knowing not when to take a life, but to save one.

A predator on land is prey in the sea.

Confront your fears. Find their root. Educate yourself. Reach out for help. Defeat your fears or they will defeat you. Never give up.

I've been thinking. You'd better be my bridesmaid, since you gave me the idea that led to this whole farce. It's a horrible job, I'm sure, so you deserve it. Plus, you're my friend. Will you do it?

The moon's a crazy sweetheart.

What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!

Marriage is a sleepy guard to which one confides one's dearest treasure, love.

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.

Temper your future actions.

I was one who liked to work with my hands as well as my brain.