Geological time is not money.
Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint!
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.
You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
In a revolution one wins or dies, if it is a real one
Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.
I am delighted, one more time, by the daring of my species and the audacity of our flying machines. There is poetry and music in our technology, a beauty as touching as that of eagle, moss campion, raven or yonder limestone boulder shining under the Arctic sun.