The law of England is much more severe upon offences against property than against the person, as becomes a people whose ruling passion is money.

The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star?

Men and women, empires and cities, thrones, principalities, and powers, mountains, rivers, and unfathomed seas, worlds, spaces, and universes, all have their day, and all must go.

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.

There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.

Passion is like the lightning, it is beautiful, and it links the earth to heaven, but alas it blinds!

Truly time should be measured by events, and not by the lapse of hours.

A sharp spear needs no polish.

Life is beautiful in all its colors, even the darker ones, they’re here for a reason.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away it is best to let him run.

I'll also listen to music on a Discman and realize how nice it can sound when it's not compressed to MP3 format.

It's the world's smallest violin, playing 'My Heart Pumps Purple Piss for You.'

Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO.

The only thing Google has failed to do, so far, is fail.

My entire mission in life is to help women take over the world. Not by force (the route so many men have taken since the beginning of time), but with compassion, perseverance, and love.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

The real story of Detroit [...] can be summed up in seven words. Private enterprise built it, government destroyed it.

I have a weakness for buttons. I'm always collecting ornate and nicely decorated ones.