A rogue is a roundabout fool.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

And so we smile on, Feeding the truths we shareWith a union of our souls, Cathedral slaves of our passionWhich builds beauty amongst chaos.

Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health.

Do transvestites have to dress up for Halloween or do they pretty much qualify from the get-go?

I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.

My mom and my stepdad are both therapists.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

I like college football, but I'm a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March Madness and be happy. That could be a vacation.

I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow.

When you get the message, hang up the phone.

You don't have to justify anything. Being pissed off is absolutely ok.