"The dawn right before the sun rises is the darkest."

We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction.

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written."

"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.