Indignation at literary wrongs I leave to men born under happier stars. I cannot afford it.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Put the two of us together and we become like moonlight and fireflies... all burning and glowing and lighting up the night.

Id you're finished picking out my flaws, maybe you'd like to tell me what you want now.I have other customers--""You.""What was that?""I Want You.

You cannot know what you cannot feel.

When you're feeling overwhelmed in business, one smart idea can beat the biggest Super Bowl ad.

I was home-schooled. But going to high school, I never would've been able to travel the U.S. or been able to do acting.

I had something to do, which most kids really need. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. Something to achieve. Keeps them out of trouble.

Nobody wants to stand behind a parked car. You got to always follow somebody who keeps it moving.

Etiquette is what you are doing and saying when people are looking and listening. What you are thinking is your business.

But in the end, we learn we can forgive most people. The cushion of mortality makes their wrongdoing seem less dark, and whatever roads they traveled seem less foolhardy.

The great fact was the land itself, which seemed to overwhelm the little beginnings of human society that struggled in its sombre wastes.