I have tried if I could reach that great resolution . . . to be honest without a thought of Heaven or Hell.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

If you examine the Bible daily, you find the beauty of being.

Their conversation was like root canal without anaesthesia.

The greatest weapon you have, and the one that will see you through anything, is a settled determination that you will achieve your dream.

A mistake of one man is not the mistake of mankind.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don't realize it.

They go forth [into the world] with well-developed bodies, fairly developed minds and undeveloped hearts. An undeveloped heart - not a cold one. The difference is important.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion.

This bloke was so pissed, he thought his vomit had come to life!