Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Our trials are our greatest teachers, mentors and benefactors.

Weird people love well.

A small laugh startled me and I looked over to see her actually smiling. Making her do that more often was a new goal.

When you start reading nonfiction books about piracy, you realize that it's actually just a history of desperate people.

There are words that work, that are meant to explain and educate on policies that work, on products that work, on services that work. I'm not going to ever try to sell a lemon. I don't do that.

There are people who don't say a thing and sound magnificent!

The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets.

My novels are all ideas.

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

I write Not For the sake of glory Not For the sake of fame Not For the sake of success But for the sake of my soul