I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power

Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding

Diabetes is caused by melancholy.

To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that it understands all things but itself.

Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.

A clown needn't be the same out of the ring as he has to be when he's in it. If you look at photographs of clowns when they're just being ordinary men, they've got quite sad faces.

Through your Soul’s partnership the answers to all of life’s questions - mysteriously come tumbling forth.

She walks in beauty Like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe, it’s that they’re dog, and that’s what dogs do.

God never said He'd eliminate all of the chaos from our lives; He just said He'd bring meaning to it.

I do dig the White Stripes. I like the record they have out now.

To effectively leverage the social graph, every company needs to understand that they need to make their information easily transferable.

No matter what you wear, not everyone is going to understand what you're saying.

Pursuits become habits.

I love a good play, but they're too hard to find.