Rightly it is said of utter, utter misery, that it 'cannot be remembered'; itself, being a rememberable thing, is swallowed up in its own chaos.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

All that is literature seeks to communicate power

Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium!

There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.

Fierce sectarianism breeds fierce latitudinarianism.

Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear.

...I hope that simple love and truth will be strong in the end. I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

There are certain moments in life of open-minded people...which really make them hard not to believe in the existence of heaven.

Education is the best economic policy there is.

I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.

Food: Part of the spiritual expression of the French, and I do not believe that they have ever heard of calories.

the impatience of the old is the worst impatience of all.

We'll always always protect you.

It's okay to be kind of looking for what you want and trying out all kinds of different ideas and different course work, etc.

Clothing is the first step to building a character.