Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical.

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.

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.

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.

Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.

We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no difference. My sword is the proof....

Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge

Stories distribute the suffering so that it can be borne.

Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.

Everyday has to be different for me. Even if people are like, "You dressed up like a character today, it's not Halloween."

We don't need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field.

We must be prepared to keep pace with our leaders, stride for their every lengthened stride.

When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's just [an] idea that because I'm black I just look a certain way.

If my cup won't hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?