“Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitters for a moment.”

“Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.”

“True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathises with the distress of every creature capable of sensation”

“There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.”

Puzzled in mazes, and perplext with errors.”

“There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.”

“Oh! think what anxious moments pass betweenThe birth of plots, and their last fatal periods.”

“Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.”

“And, pleased th’ Almighty’s orders to perform,

“We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.”

“Reading is to the mind what exerise is to the body.”

“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.”

“But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the Soul than Beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is Great or Uncommon.”

“I am...I am constantly moving in the direction of higher evolutionary impulses, creativity, abstraction, and meaning.”

When love's well-timed 'tis not a fault to love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise, Sink in the soft captivity together.”

“There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride”

“Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Thro' all her works), He must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.”

“A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles.”

“Skaitymas protui - tolygu fiziniai pratimai kūnui.”

“Nothing is so much admired, and so little understood, as wit.”

“One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.”

“When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.”

“Tis not in mortals to command success; but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.”

“... when I see kings lying by those who deposed them,... or holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.”

“Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.”

“I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.” “I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.”

“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”

“Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.”

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”

“Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know they have lost something and picked up something else.”

“Half of life is fucking up, the other half is dealing with it.”

“Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.”

“I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.”

“I am ready for whatever's coming. I expect nothing but to be let down or turned away. I am alone. Goddamn. The shit hurts sometimes, but I realize what I am, what I have become.”

“It is sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.”

“My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.”

“If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you”

“Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.”

“Love heals scars love left”

“Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit.”

“I get tired of talking when I want to be silent.”

“I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.”

“Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.”

“When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?”

“Respect is not a one way street”

“When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?”

“Respect is not a one way street”

“Gay people don't have a personality problem. They have a problem with small-minded motherfuckers who can't conquer a 1-inch high curb.”

“Nothing brings people together more than mutual hatred.”

“Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.”