“It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.”

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.

Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.

Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.

A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.

Thou hast evoked in me profounder spells than the evoking one, thou face! For me, thou hast uncovered one infinite, dumb, beseeching countenance of mystery, underlying all the surfaces of visible time and space.

Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor

A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.

No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.

Failure is the true test of greatness

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?

Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.

I’m actually great at being alone. It was being abandoned that was hard.

I know he was toxic but at the end of the day a piece of me loved him and that’s hard to forget.

Some Vibes can make ya life harder ya niggas just be throwing me off.

If you don’t know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it’s kind of hard to put things together.

It always rains hardest on people who deserve the sun.

The most beautiful lessons are the hardest, and letting go is the most difficult out of the rest to do.

You can’t change their behavior by loving them harder.

Without a game plan and without a strong sense of faith in what you’re doing, it’s gonna be really hard to accomplish anything.