A rag and a bone and a hank of hair.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations.

I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer.

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.

Yet avarice is numbered among the sins, but stupidity omitted.

You cannot impart what you do not possess.

You can vibe out when people are getting tired or they're too drunk to keep going along with.

Are we asserting the easy dominion of our civilization over all times and all places, as signs that we casually absorb as a form of loot?

In my own life, I do not live like an effective altruist. An effective altruist would really disapprove of my life. I don't give enough to charity and I still have both my kidneys.

I want to be the condensation on the glass. I want to be that phenomenon that takes place between hot and cold.

The way before you is being prepared, so that you may stand up!