The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not last? Were it not better to forget, Than but remember and regret?

In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.

For the price of resettling, one refugee in the United States, 12 could be resettled in a safe zone in their home region.

I said, 'Hey', she said, 'Hi.' I said, 'Us', she said, 'Try,' 'And if you're thinkin strictly boots, then I'll say baby, bye bye.'

But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire, cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire.

I know of no power, indeed, of which a free people ought to be more jealous, than of that of levying taxes and duties.

The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.

If anyone can achieve the impossible it’s you. Please, please, get it again.

I'm living everyday like a hustle. Another drug to juggle. Another day, another struggle.