It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

All that is literature seeks to communicate power

Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium!

There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.

Fierce sectarianism breeds fierce latitudinarianism.

Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear.

Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing.

Ships are my arrows, the sea my bow, the world my target.

Life’s journey on earth is the only sacred travel.

You also notice that the right side of your face feels like it's sliding off of your skull. And your bottom lip is in your lap!

Give your life to Christ, he'll challenge you.

A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.

The composition of our society has been changing. We [world] are becoming a more urban population. Mega-cities, those with more than 10 million residents, are booming.

True repentance always involves reform.

Marriage doesn't just happen! It takes a solid set of decisions, a huge amount of skill and enormous willpower.

Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.

I have a clear conscience.