A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

Creative minds don't follow rules, they follow will.

If you keep picking at that scab on your heart, it won't heal.

Stop fretting and eat your Madeira Cake..

I shouldn't have been there. I should never have been born.

You are... you're like a beating heart. A glowing lamp. I've never met anyone like you before.

Freedom is an abstract offshoot. You can't describe freedom. How can you describe it? I tried and I failed.

There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.

I never go back over something I've done and I never watch them again.

Stegosaurus was common only on well drained, dry soil.

I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.