I have never observed that the religious are more eager to die than the rest of us poor mortals.

The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star?

Men and women, empires and cities, thrones, principalities, and powers, mountains, rivers, and unfathomed seas, worlds, spaces, and universes, all have their day, and all must go.

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.

There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.

Passion is like the lightning, it is beautiful, and it links the earth to heaven, but alas it blinds!

Truly time should be measured by events, and not by the lapse of hours.

A sharp spear needs no polish.

Most of the other visitors were chained to their audio guides, looking only at what their little headsets told them was worth seeing.

I only know how to read because I steal books from rich people.

We spent days and weeks doing nothing, calling one another ten times a day to schedule our nothing-doing.

The best aunts aren't substitute parents, they're co-conspirators.

I am the poet with scaring words and blurred letters. I do not know if my poetry is a blessing or a curse.

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity.

Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you - your relationship with God.

When you fall in love you recognise you're not the most important person in the world, and your focus becomes another person.

I have sought happiness through many ages and not found it.