The wise only possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request, and if you help him after hisrequest, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.

The girl in the mirror wasn't who I wanted to be and her life wasn't the one I wanted to have.

I find that it's best to take one step at a time and cross each bridge as they come to you.

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration.

Attachment is the main thing that is blocking your path towards enlightenment.

The people that matter to me the most are the people that are in my life. That's who I really learn from, and it's always a very personal kind of connection.

Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that.

Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind.