Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

The best stories are those that mix the happiness and sadness of life together in the right proportions.

I don’t know what I want. I am inconsistent, non-committal, passive; I like the indefinite, the boundless, and I like continual uncertainty.

Exile is not just a geographical concept; you can be an exile in your own country, in your own family, in your own skin.

Every piece of wood has its own character; our job is to reveal its natural beauty.

I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell.”