Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind.

Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.

The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.

Cease, man, to mourn, to weep, to wail; Enjoy thy shining hour of sun; We dance along Death's icy brink, But is the dance less full of fun?

One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

All so-called revealed religions consist mainly of three portions, a cosmogony more or less mythical, a history more or less falsified, and a moral code more or less pure.

All faith is false, all faith is true. Truth is the shattered mirror strown in myriad bits, while each believes his little bit the whole to own.

Home is where the books are

Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

You need speed to regain your lost years

As long as, Woman presents herself weak, She is master of everything.

But the love of adventure was in father's blood.

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

Education is not received. It is achieved.

The thing that excites me, and the thing that excited me about Twitter, is the idea of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight.

The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No.

Our heart is a port; allow every ship to come to the port; but let only the best one to anchor!

How can I trust that the Bible is reliable?

If by being overstudious, we impair our health and spoil our good humor, let us give it up.