“An honest man will continue to be so though surrounded on all sides by rogues.”

Diffidence is the better part of knowledge.

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.

God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.

The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.

Pride requires very costly food-its keeper’s happiness.

Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.

Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her.

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.

Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.

He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.

Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent.

D’you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?

The gate is straight, Deep and wide, Break on through to the other side…

This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’

I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.

When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.

You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren’t willing to do that.

It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us…on the inside, looking out.

I put my hand on the doorknob because I thought maybe her hand was on the doorknob on the other side.