Whoever declares a child to be "delicate" thereby crowns and anoints a tyrant.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

Everybody achieves success in life—a blessed few early in their careers, the rest of us when we lower our standards

Sometimes our lives can change so fast that the change outpaces our minds and hearts.

The soul awakens in times of difficulty by divine grace.

Vrekeners actually exist?L, The King

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different.

The subject comes first, the medium second.

First things first, second things never.