A woman is at her greatest peril in the presence of a beautiful man.

Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories.

What i literally cannot describe is the hollowness in my lungs when i am out of her presence. It is as if i were dying from the want of her.

The pity of it was that this discovery, if such it was, now seemed so stale, so profitless to me. What good was it? What good did thinking ever do?

For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear.

Satisfying a savage instinct is incomparably more pleasurable than satisfying a civilized one.

Wrong way to think about it. Don't try to figure it out all at once.

No man can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips.

I believe that only scientists can understand the universe. It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.

Can’t trust no one else to do what you won’t do for yourself.

Questions of personal priority, however interesting they may be to the persons concerned, sink into insignificance in the prospect of any gain of deeper insight into the secrets of nature.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.

I didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me.

I've never been to New Zealand, but I can imagine it's beautiful. I don't know much about New Zealand... but I do know that I did watch 'Lord Of The Rings' so it looks really pretty.

Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease.

That was liquid football

You're better equipped for this world than I am," she said. "I'm always trying to change the world. You know how to live in it.