Republics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful.

A life on the ocean wave! A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep!

The human soul is like a bird that is born in a cage. Nothing can deprive it of its natural longings, or obliterate the mysterious remembrance of its heritage.

The cold blast at the casement beats;The window-panes are white;The snow whirls through the empty streets;It is a dreary night!

There is a just Latin axiom, that he who seeks a reason for everything subverts reason.

True poetry, like the religious prompting itself, springs from the emotional side of a man's complex nature, and is ever in harmony with his highest intuitions and aspirations.

I don't understand this irony - valuable things like cars, gold, diamond are made up of hard materials but most valuable things like money, contracts and books are made up of soft paper.

A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island!

Leesha knew from experience that when parents don't parent, kids grow up fast.

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.

He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it.

Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.