Science is for those who learn; poetry for those who know.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and receives and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed.
Some words are like the old Roman galleys; large-scaled and ponderous. They sit low in the water even when their cargo is light.
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
No sensible person ever made an apology.
Never exaggerate your faults; your friends will attend to that.
If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself.
You say to me-ward's your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you love me long.
Bear and forbear.
His toupee makes him look twenty years sillier.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
If you have something to do that is worthwhile doing, don't talk about it ... do it.
In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak.
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
Many hands make light work.
I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude.