A dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

I've always been led to believe that the ultimate goal for an author is the movie deal. Now I understand that the movie deal is merely a MEANS TO A MUCH HIGHER END: NAIL POLISH.

Men, and pigs, are hard on women who sacrifice their virtue, especially for love." Mattis Tannhouser

You cannot fall or stumble while on your kneels

Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.

Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself.

I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.

When a man is right he wants to get all that is coming to him for being right.

I think fashion is art. The dialogue I am concerned with as an artist has more to do with the art and artists that I've been influenced by. I can't help but be affected by all the art that I've seen.

Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis.