True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish.

Your skills will aid you to define your brand. Your brand determines who leads you and who you lead.

The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

It was all cheese and applause.

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.

Thirst of power and of riches now bear sway, The passion and infirmity of age.

I'm two decisions away from putting up drywall for a living. I am, and there's nothing wrong with that, but whatever I got, it's through the grace of God, and I've got to use it right.

It's enshrined in our Constitution that an individual has a right to release information and disseminate information that makes the powers that be uncomfortable.

We all need critical confrontation of the fullest and most extreme kind that we can get. You can unnecessarily limit yourself by choosing your criticism.