I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.

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.

The world doesn't fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

Again, I lay awake, and I cried because of waste.

True strength isn’t being able to knock your enemies down, it’s being able to hold yourself upright against their blows.

Show your compassion to people in their life time

Never forget what you were saved from.

Timon: I’ll beat thee, but I should infect my hands.

Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races.

Good and happy people who believe in God are the greatest living arguments for God's existence

Honestly, what is ageism really, you know? If you take care of yourself and you feel good then that's really all that matters at the end of the day.