To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

You know "HOW' then address it right now.

Be like the moon—reflect lights of love from within.

The best beauty in the world is the beauty of kindness.

You get tired of always wondering anew why life has to take the place of youth.

Meditation is a skilful letting go: gently but with resolution.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

I wanted to end the world but,I'll settle for ending yours.

I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.

I realized that my kisses with Dane had become a form of punctuation, the quotations or the hasty dash at the end of a conversation

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.