Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

You're not aloneTogether we standI'll be by your side, you know I'll take your handWhen it gets coldAnd it feels like the endThere's no place to goYou know I won't give in

What's the use of talking? You can see for yourself that this is a barbarous country; the people have no morals; and the boredom!

I didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.

Faith is the power, obedience the sacrifice, love the means, Christ the reason.

I can't bring you absolute truth in the detailed factual sense. All I can do is bring you an interpretation as I understand it. That's all you can ever get from an actor.

I am far less interested in serving as a change agent than in functioning as a prose artist, whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

Oh how I wish he (Franklin Pierce) was out of political life! How much better it would be for him on every account!

if some folks have buried their racial prejudices, the chances are that they've got the graves marked and will have no trouble disinterring their pet hates.

By the time you get to your ball, if you don't know what to do with it, try another sport.

I think different designers have different points of view and different strong personalities can influence the way certain cities are perceived.