Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of wisdom, and wisdom the parent of success.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore.

Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty.

Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night.

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.

A soul,--a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.

It's when we kiss that I feel your blood within my veins and your heartbeat within my soul.

In the place of solitude, you are able to take advantage of time and bring forth children in the form of products.

It brought a lot of joy to me to be in his arms.

To persevere in one's duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

I would love to dive into an indie film based on the streets of East Los Angeles where I grew up. If that doesn't come my way soon, I think I just might have to write it myself.

Uncover what you long for and you will discover who you are.

Such sorrow— The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego.

At the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable.

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.