Wherever a man commits a crime, God finds a witness. Every secret crime has its reporter.

Why should the way I feel depend on the thoughts in someone else's head?

Life is a series of surprises.

A state of war or anarchy, in which law has little force, is so far valuable, that it puts every man on trial. The man of principle is known as such, and even in the fury of faction is respected.

The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken: The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind.

We live ruins amid ruins.

Don't ever give up on something or someone that you can't go a full day without thinking about.