A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

I could feel myself peeking over at him. He was like a seatbelt for my soul.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.

It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.

It economics is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking which helps its possessor to draw correct conclusions.

Self Pity is the most miserable party to go to, because, in case you haven't noticed, you're the only one who is there.

The program of liberalism if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production.

Other world? There is no other world; here or nowhere is the whole fact.

I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.

President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia.