A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

And the dream that our mind had sketched in haste Shall others continue, but never complete. For none upon earth can achieve his scheme; The best as the worst are futile here: W ...

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

Do you know what friendship is it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand.