A man is most accurately judged by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or to reciprocate.

We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.

We mourn the transitory things and fret under the yoke of the immutable ones.

To judge a man's character by only one of its manifestations is like judging the sea by a jugful of its water.

In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.

It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core of intelligence.

Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.

Reason is the shepherd trying to corral life's vast flock of wild irrationalities.

Happiness is something we reap from the seeds we sow. Plant misery seeds and that us what you reap.

When you don't find a way... don't wait every time for others, Sometimes you have to be your own angel.

The only job a parent has is work themselves out of a job.

There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things to help other people with what they're doing.

As the prerogative of Natural Science is to cultivate a taste for observation, so that of Mathematics is, almost from the starting point, to stimulate the faculty of invention.

Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as it is nourished with kindness, sympathy, and understanding.

The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is dissatisfied with them.

I've always thought I was looking for myself whenever I traveled. Like a journey anywhere was really a journey through myself.

It's very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can't hear the inflections in your voice.

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.