It is with fiction as with religion: it should present another world, and yet one to which we feel the tie.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever

We feel free. We're independent. People can be openly proud of being Estonian. I have a lot of belief in Estonia.

Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.

The task of the prophet is not to smooth things over but to make things right.

Everyone drank to popular education and to the irrigation of Uzbekistan.

This sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults.

Only when the mind is completely alone can it know what is beauty, and not in any other state.

Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.

I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.

He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty and life and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable.