In love, you pay as you leave.

It’s not the good that die young, it’s the lucky.

The devil's aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despots dread of a newspaper that laughs.

[I] shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not use it then, for it is unchristian, inelegant, and degrading--though to speak truly I do not see how house rent and taxes are going to be discussed worth a cent without it.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.

It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's head.

If you can't stand solitude, perhaps others find you boring as well.