To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and fanciful.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings.

There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an indefinable, and, as it were, luxurious sadness, which is perhaps one element of its might.

No man flatters the woman he truly loves.

The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession.

National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.

To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt to fully understand.

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

Imitate the traits of your creator

Carlton was a blade

Anybody who's gone through puberty has understood what it feels like to be an outcast and alone.

It doesn't matter who we are, how rich we are, how poor we are, famous or not famous, we all have a short window of time here on the planet and what are we going to do with it?

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

If you do not know the blessings you have when you have them, then Allah will teach you about them by taking them away from you

A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.