It is not in the power of every one to taste humor, however he may wish it; it is the gift of God! and a true feeler always brings half the entertainment along with him.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

Tried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began.

If you lose money in business, you can still cover up the loss. If you lose time, the only thing you have by your side is wreckage.

The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.

Dreamers do not believe in power, they believe in imagination the source of creativity.

You have to believe that things can be bigger than what you see in front of you in order to move forward.

It's not the failures in our life that define us, it's the moments when we decide that getting back up is all that matters

I haven't changed - the public has. I'm an insider now, which is hilarious.

A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men.

Life is deeply tragic and also very comic at the same time. It's everything at once.