The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.