They wanted to know why I did what I did. Well, sir I guess there's just meanness in the world.
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.
Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
Caricature is rough truth.
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.
Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.
I'm never sad when a friend goes far away, because whichever city or country that friend goes to, they turn the place friendly. They turn a suspicious-looking name on the map into a place where a welcome can be found. Maybe the friend will talk about you sometimes, to other friends that live around him, and then that's almost as good as being there yourself. You're in several places at once! In fact, my daughter, I would even go so far as to say that the further away your friends, and the more spread out they are the better your chances of going safely through the world.