No doubt solitude is wholesome, but so is abstinence after a surfeit. The true life of man is in society.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

It takes sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. There would be no rainbows without sunshine and rain.

My heart feels strong for you, my desire isn’t just to marry you and let this be our moment, Kiersten. I want to marry you and create a million moments every single day.

life is unfair, if you are weak, tour out

Eating is not one of the things that I do now to deal with pain, because I don't ever want to do that. But I isolate myself, that's what I do.

There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era.

Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.

I'm a hip-hop kind of guy, but to be honest with you, I could listen to R&B all day. Give me some slow jams, and I'm a happy person.

The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.

Often things are as bad as they seem.

How did you get me here? (Tory) I have my evil Jedi ways. The Force is strong with this one. (Acheron)