If you have something to say, you will be given the power to say it.

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is genius.

We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream.

What is the hardest task in the world? To think.

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

Life is an ecstasy. Life is sweet as nitrous oxide.