Sunlight is painting.

The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life.

The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!

Great men need to be lifted upon the shoulders of the whole world, in order to conceive their great ideas or perform their great deeds. That is, there must be an atmosphere of greatness round about them. A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world.

Happiness is like a butterfly - the more you chase, the more subtle, but if you stop moving and quietly wait for it to land on you.

Truth often finds its way to the mind close muffled in robes of sleep, and then speaks with uncompromising directness of matters in regard to which we practise an unconscious self-deception during our waking moments.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.