The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

Only in books has mankind known perfect truth$$$ love and beauty.

Power does not corrupt men; fools$$$ however$$$ if they get into a position of power$$$ corrupt power.

All men die in solitude; all values are degraded in a state of misery: that is what Shakespeare tells me.

How ever did I pass the time before I knew you? I think of that past time as now I pass each passing day in lonely sorrow$$$ lacking you.

The pain of not knowing what to do was exceeded only by that of knowing what I had done.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt$$$ kindness causes misunderstanding$$$ mistrust$$$ and hostility to evaporate.

Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts -- such is the destiny of the artist.