The miser, poor fool, not only starves his body, but also his own soul.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund

Don't ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.

Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.

Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t do something, because you can!

A health to the nut-brown lass, With the hazel eyes: let it pass. . . . . As much to the lively grey 'Tis as good i' th' night as day: . . . . She's a savour to the glass, And excuse to make it pass.

The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like goodly vessels driving before the storm, which are dashed against each other, and so perish.