"There is no remedy for love but to love more."

"Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after."

"Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech."

"In the long run you only hit what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high."

"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."

"All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy."

"A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse."

"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all- the apathy of human beings."

"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."

"A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter."

"Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see."

"There comes a time when a man must spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats."