Only poetry inspires poetry.
The course of everything goes to teach us faith.
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.
Imagination is not a talent of some people but is the health of everyone.
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.
The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed.
Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players.
When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.
You are alive, so be fully alive.
And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
We are wiser than we know.
There’s a great joy in my giving. It’s thrilling. It’s exhilarating. It’s important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.
Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life.
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.
