You may fancy a glimpse of the abyss where I grovelled!

If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.

She burned too bright for this world.

Honest people don't hide their deeds.

Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!

He’s more myself than I am

He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!

But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm's length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I'll rest.

He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.

What good is the present if you cannot change the future?

There is...a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied...by better cars on longer credit terms.

I also like different records of mine for creative purposes and metaphorically wise.

The test of the moral quality of a civilization is its treatment of the weak and powerless.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.

Usually when you play a team, you want to focus on one line. Pittsburgh is the only team where you have to focus on one player [Mario Lemieux]. When he's coming toward you, all you see is him.

Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.

If you can't handle all the injuries and scars, choose a less demanding sport.

But, my dear, I knew when I was a baby what I wanted to do, and I'll tell you, kiddo, if you don't do what your heart tells you, you'll never be real.

Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need.