A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it

A politician is someone who knows everything about running a campaign and nothing about running a country.

The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature.

You cannot solve a problem in the same frequency in which it was created.

Some journeys don't have endings, they lead to new beginnings. These are the journeys that lead to great adventures!

If you've never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame.

We just all need to stick together and unite, be together and support one another.

I am not mature enough as a reader to enjoy a book in which I hate all the people.

Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.

America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash the Americans.

Storytelling is important. Part of human continuity.