A progeny of learning.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Never say more than is necessary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

He was already fading. I knew that it wouldn't be long until he was just a vague image, however much I tried to cling onto his memory.

I probably became an actor because of my vivid imagination, and doing voice-over really sort of takes me back to that.

Ah, one favor: if he telephones again, tell him it's no use, that I've gone out.

I would love to spend a year living in New York; I've wanted to do that since I was 18. I'll be really disappointed if I'm 50 and haven't done something like that.

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

I believe that the best way to help people understand the world is to provide them with opportunities to actively explore, experiment, and express themselves.

I don't get depressed. When I feel an attack, I withdraw. I disappear, I replenish, and then I come back.

Although the universe is under no obligation to make sense, students in pursuit of a Ph. D. are.

When my time comes, just skin me and put me up there on Trigger, just as though nothing had ever changed.