we never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.

It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

It sucks. I think you'd make a pretty snake woman, but I'm not really into that kind of girl. Those pointy teeth and slitted nose. Their mindless need to kill..." He shuddered.

Shadowmane sighed as well. :We had better do what this Topaz commands. Unicorns are jerks when they don’t get their way.:

The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life’s winds blow against you.

Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern.

Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.

Christians worship a dead Jew on a stick

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the supreme act of love, the supreme example of selfless concern for others.

Prayer is where the cross changes shoulders.

More than one cigar at a time is excessive smoking.

There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.