Memory has many conveniences, and, among others, that of foreseeing things as they have afterwards happened.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not last? Were it not better to forget, Than but remember and regret?

In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

heartbeat the sound i must hearand listen

I walk in the realm of the supernatural.

The marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading "Keep Off.

The Scorpion connects with the Serpent through the Dragon.

We doin it big. Look at what I done. Look at where I'm is. It's only just begun.

Innovation is a discipline not a lottery... It comes from the combination of two elements within my control: hard work and openmindedness.

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.

The families of our friends are always a disappointment.

He who has a why can deal with any what or how.

If you lose 50%, it takes 100% to get back to where you started-and that takes something you can never get back: time.