It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A baron and a minute-man could not breathe the same air.

The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Anonymity is the fame of the future.

Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.

When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.

Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.

And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole?

The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.

Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.

Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.

- a bad conscience is indeed able to make life interesting.

Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands he is called dirty if he does he is wasting the water.

I can be very shy...but when I'm around people I know, I can be extremely loud.

When you are enlightened and have united your mind with the deepest and most ancient part of the mind of the universe, you are not affected by suffering the way other people are.

Chelsea has always been a foodie heaven and it will never change in that respect.

Women put guys through tests all the time.

I had the idea of a boy who was a wizard and didn't yet know what he was. I never sat down and wondered, "What shall I write about next?". It just came, fully formed.

I get butterflies in my stomach before I perform. I love them! They let me know I'm ready to perform, that I'm ready to rock out on stage.

Painful experiences are not meant to linger. They are meant to teach us what they need to teach us, and then dissolve.