The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Don’t wait for a perfect day. To make it a perfect day, dance the whole day, sing every hour, and love every moment

Music is the language of soul

I don't think about relatability (when writing), I think about the heart of the character.

Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

The people excited by ambitious demagogues, sooner or later return into the hands of the Aristocracy.

Books were the sustenance of God. And His munitions.

The decisions you are making right now and that you will make in the foreseeable months and years will absolutely determine whether you pivot towards the world or towards the Lord.

Friends you have, people you love, die and are born again.

I've always subscribed to an old Chinese proverb that the palest ink is better than the best memory.

I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.