We carry with us the wonders we seek without us.

Content may dwell in all stations. To be low but above contempt may be high enough to be happy.

He is rich who hath enough to be charitable.

Where life is more terrible than death it is the truest valor to dare to live.

Let him have the key of thy heart who hath the lock of his own.

Where I cannot satisfy my reason I love to humour my fancy.

Just tell the truth, and they'll accuse you of writing black humor.

Things just are the way they are... However, NOWHERE in ANY law, dogma, or rules is it mandated -be it sanctioned, decreed, or wrought by divine imposition- that ANY OF IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY!

The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.

Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake, dreaming other dreams.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

The truth is like a scalpel. The truth is painful.

...I'll continue to see things as a child. It's not so far to fall.

We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.