Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.

I really don't like to hurt myself. I have a good understanding with all the women who have been in my life, whether I see them occasionally or not.

I do think you learn things about genre storytelling, but you also have to be careful not to learn too much.

When you do well in a movie that's seen as really great, you're revitalized for six weeks.

And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart

Mobile will probably disrupt much of what we know of web 2.0.

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.

Nothing in the many processes of Nature, whether she deals with men or with things, comes by chance or accident or is really at the mercy of external causes.

"Stop asking "What should I do now?" That question only brings up what others expect of you. Free people don't have shoulds. They have choices."

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.