Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

Because of grace so many people will miss salvation

She couldn’t actually think of a time when Colton Brooks hadn’t owned a little piece of her heart.

No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.

Aptitude can show calling, but it isn't the only indicator. Ineptitude or dysfunction may reveal calling more than talent, curiously enough.

My childhood taught me nothing... zero.

Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!

Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.

I don't like to feel like I'm some fragile package that has to be shipped by high-priority mail and handled with white gloves.

The Christian church has set up a religion of pomp and revenue in pretended imitation of a person (Jesus) who lived a life of poverty.