Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.