No voice; but oh - the silence sank Like music on my heart.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

From the moment we are born, we begin to die.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

If you go to working class, and working poor areas of America, the food sources that are relegated to them are generally limited to unhealthy ones.

I find greater companionship in inert figures, animals and Speechless artifacts, for I can enjoy their presence and there is no psychic drain.

To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.

White men in Europe and the US are the beneficiaries of the single greatest affirmative action program in the history of the world; it is called the history of the world.

It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.

Daily exercise is an insurance policy against future illness. The best Leaders Without Titles are the fittest.

The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

A man walked into the doctor's, The doctor said 'I haven't seen you in a long time' The man replied, 'I know I've been ill'.