Truth is an all-freeing mechanism.
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
The Eyes are the window to your soul
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
There are three people in yourself - who people think you are, who you think you are, and who you really are.
New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems.
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
If you value the world simply for what you can get out of it, be assured that the world will in turn estimate your value to it by what it can get out of you. . . If you pursue truth, people will be true to you.
I don't particularly like going on about being gay or making a big thing about it, but I think it's a bit of a pain to be secretive about it.
COULD I PASS A WEEK IN THE INSANE WARD AT BLACKWELL'S ISLAND? I SAID I COULD AND I WOULD. AND I DID.
People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time-even when hard at work.