Whenever we discover a dislike in us, toward any one, we should ever be a little suspicious of ourselves.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Borne the burden and heat of the day.

It requires a strong mind to bear up against several languages. Some persons have learnt so many, that they have ceased to think in any one.

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

With Free minds all are to worship their Gods.

Any artist can't get away from the way the world works, which is that it wants to know what you did, and you're only interested in what you're doing right now.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Hope is the only good thing that disillusion respects.

I always get what I want. If I didn't get it, I didn't want it enough.

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

So it shall be written. So it shall be done.