In all cases of heart-ache, the application of another man's disappointment draws out the pain and allays the irritation.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

CoMMOn SeNSe iS nOt sO cOmMOn aMoNg coMMon pEOPLe...

You gotta know that People will say a million negative things about you before they mention 1 good thing, don't be surprise if they never said that 1 good thing about you.

If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.

We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.

We think we believe what we know, but we only truly believe what we feel.

Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

Walking my dogs twice a day provides me with an opening and closing of my day, and I've learned to use those walks for a walking meditation.

I have great hope for tomorrow. My hope lies in three things-truth, youth, and love.

Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.

External motion we call action; internal motion is human thought.