Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.

A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?

A city which belongs to just one man is no true city

But if I am young, thou shouldest look to my merits, not to my years.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater.That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes, Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul, Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon

I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life

If you are ignorant about who You are, your Enemies are not

The cigar has been smoked out, and we are the ashes.

It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it under its roof.

Set a goal, write it down, and release the outcome. Small steps make a big difference.

The Republican Party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist movement.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Since fat crayons, I write and display chaos. My plan is damage.

We do live best in this world when we keep the next in mind.

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.