Only that is poetry which cleanses and mans me.

We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.

No sensible person ever made an apology.

In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that unsuspected ripens within the flower of the pleasure which concealed it.

Whoever has had the experience of the moral sentiment cannot choose but believe in unlimited power. Each pulse from that heart isan oath from the Most High. I know not what the word sublime means, if it be not the intimations, in this infant, of a terrific force.

Successful people live well, laugh often, and love much. They've filled a niche and accomplished tasks so as to leave the world better than they found it, while looking for the best in others, and giving the best they have.