Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

Gold begets in brethren hate Gold in families debate Gold does friendship separate Gold does civil wars create.

I got my best foot forward onto greener grass, cause there ain't no future living in the past.

The reality of the world we live in is that people sometimes aren't interested in many circumstances; no matter how much young radicals yell at them, that isn't what they want to do right now.

To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms.

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.

I was driven from my position as Interior Secretary, not because of my environmental record, but because of my Christian beliefs. That's the real struggle.

If we're all God's children, what's so special about Jesus?

Projection into the future does not create security because the future is not really there. It's a fluid mirage. The only security is merging with The Field, right now.

I feel the romance should never go out of any marriage. Even after one has had kids etc. Love never ends, na?

It is a zealot's faith that blasts the shrines of the false god, but builds no temple to the true.