Security will produce danger.
Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased.
It is the only sensual pleasure without vice.
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.
Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
No two men can be half an hour together but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.
At the end of the day, life is about being happy being who you are.
Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
I think there’s a great beauty to having problems. That’s one of the ways we learn.
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!
To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious.
When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.
Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.
If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one.
We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
