We are free to yield to truth.
Let us my friends snatch our opportunity from the passing day.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
If you are good, life is good.
There are those that are void of all mercy, but when it comes the time that they are on their knees, they plead for it. Those that were born with the art of deception, never sincere with their words or actions. But mercy is not theirs to take, only for you to give. Never compromise your standards, your beliefs and become like the ones who you are fighting against, but stay resolute to who you are.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
What is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say I know instead of I am learning, and pray for credulity and inertia as wise men pray for skepticism and activity.
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.
Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
The amount of people in this world who are here to do something great far outweighs the rest.
For Wealth are all things that conduce, to one’s destruction or their use. A standard both to buy and sell, all things from heaven down to hell.
Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
Imagination is not a talent of some people but is the health of everyone.
