If riches increase, let thy mind hold pace with them; and think it not enough to be liberal, but munificent.

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.

What I know is nothing but that we are a spring path of autumn light carved into a river of ancient singing.

Good books are never finished but abandoned.

When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.

He used to raise a storm in a teapot.

In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short.

In the last few decades, mankind has sinned terribly against the law of natural selection. We haven't just maintained life unworthy of life, we have even allowed it to multiply.

If I were Achilles I would put my foot in a f**k off block of concrete!

The family is a creation of God. The way to strengthen the nation is to strengthen the homes of the people.

Liberty is the soul's right to breathe.

The great discoveries are usually obvious.