Men and women, empires and cities, thrones, principalities, and powers, mountains, rivers, and unfathomed seas, worlds, spaces, and universes, all have their day, and all must go.

The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star?

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.

There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.

Passion is like the lightning, it is beautiful, and it links the earth to heaven, but alas it blinds!

Truly time should be measured by events, and not by the lapse of hours.

A sharp spear needs no polish.

Adventurer: he that goes to meet whatever may come. Well, that is what we all do in the world one way or another.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

Fear kills dreams more than failure

The difficulties in life are vital for our personal growth and well-being.

[It is not] the poet's business to use verse as an advanced form of rhetoric, nor to give to political statements the aura of eternal truth.

Andy Carroll will cause anyone problems and I don't see a problem in that

Why should a blacksmith put his hands in the fire if he has tongs?

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

The 5-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.