People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens.

If you have that unconquerable urge to write, nothing will stop you from writing.

Remember, love is all a woman has to give, but it is the only thing which God permits us to carry beyond the grave.

Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.

In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.

Your writer, your scientist, your chief official, all have lost the power to revive the early illusion concerning fame and high place. Their beauty and delight is like the mirage in the heavens, only plain to the eye outside; within is nothing.

You walk into a room, see a woman, and something happens. It's chemical. What are you going to do about it?