“Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.”

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.

The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.

From a Christian point of view, human reason is madness compared to the reason of God, but divine reason appears as madness to human reason.

Wealth is like seawater; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.

Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.

What desire can be contrary to nature since it was given to man by nature itself?

Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover what we are but to refuse what we are.

It is the mind that makes the body rich. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

Can you taste the colors your ancestors weaved into, The armors of resilience they wore; Can you taste the colors of the unpaved path before you, waiting to be colored by you?

For without tragedies there is no life & what is life if not all our tragedies put together?