Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.

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.

I would make a HORRIBLE outlaw. I can plan the crime perfectly, but I'd also need to plan the outcomes to make it work.

Know this much:regret nothing.Each part of your journey is essential to the whole.The moment you are experiencing is as important as your destination.Ninetah, the Daskiny Healer in The Traveler

I believe in the salvation of humanity, in the future of cyanide...

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.

Just be happy, and if you can't be happy, do things that make you happy. Or do nothing with the people that make you happy.

[Donald Trump] attitude towards our longest defense alliance and NATO, that we should somehow walk away from it.

Nobody wants to see sketch comedy that's the same sketch they've seen time and time again, or that's just a rehash of that thing.

You can't tell how much spirit a team has until it starts losing.

Messages that fail to fascinate will become irrelevant.