A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)

No disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . . The best writers are always learning, exploring, and trying to improve.

It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.

I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.

Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together.

Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you.

A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category — gentlemen masquerading as beasts?

You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.

It's not your instincts that are the problem. It's your tendency to drown them in a bottle.

Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully.

When things don't change, their sameness becomes an accretion. That is why all society puts on flesh. Succumbs to the cubicles and begins to fill them.

Those who want to power know no mercy.

The placebo cures 30% of patients - no matter what they have.

Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.

Only Texans and Jews understand brisket

A successful career will no longer be about promotion. It will be about mastery.

At first I was iridescent, then I became transparent, finally I was absent

She knew nothing, but she had everything that he had lost.

You never know yourself till you know more than your body.