What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole Its body brevity and wit its soul.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

We all have the potential to be great and the seed of greatness

No One is Unlucky in this World"! ..!!! "But Ups and Downs created by ourselves".

You'll marry your studies? Marry your books? You already have one degree but you want another. You'll marry your degrees?

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely brutish and short, but dull and mechanical.

I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.

Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.

It just felt like all the excitement in the world was in the building [at the Democratic convention].

I always worry that me by myself, I'm doing the same thing I'm always doing and become too lazy and conservative in what I do, or too incestuous in my own thoughts.

Discipline means looking beyond the appearance, beyond that which is visible and acknowledging one Infinite Cause.