We all have the republican spirit in our veins, like syphilis in our bones. We are democratized and venerealized.
Forethought spares afterthought.
Kindness is always fashionable.
A good message will always find a messenger.
It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.
Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
Nothing can be more idle than the opposition of theory to practice!
Implication is thus the very texture of our web of belief, and logic is the theory that traces it.
In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the few we love.
When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as if I were some sort of wispy ghost, barely existing.