As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

On the way home I felt a great and simple sadness. I missed my dad. I missed him very much.

[Marco Rubio] you're a lousy businessman.

Without art we would be nothing but foreground and live entirely in the spell of that perspective which makes what is closest at hand and most vulgar appear as if it were vast, and reality itself.

The purpose of a just government is to prevent plunder, not facilitate it.

And I dream that something's coming And it's not just in the wind It's more than just tomorrow It's more than where we've been It offers me a promise It's telling me, begin!

These trifles will lead to serious mischief. [Lat., Hae nugae seria ducent In mala.]

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

Money will never make you happy and happy will never make you money. That may be a wise crack, but I doubt it.

I'd rather go out in a decent crack-up than in a hospital.