How feeble is all language to describe the horrors we inflict upon these wretches, whom we mason up in the cells of our prisons, and condemn to perpetual solitude in the very heart of our population.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

I wished that I had died, it would have been better for everyone

The Bible teaches that life does not end at the cemetery. There is a future life.

When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy.

Pack and leave the house, if you really want to be a singer.

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom."

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

It's a good thing we have gravity or else when birds died they'd just stay right up there. Hunters would be all confused.