A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

Ipsa scientia potestas est. (Knowledge itself is power.)

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

One of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men.

It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.