Conquer but never triumph.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Change is not a force to be feared, but an opportunity to be seized.

And of course it has nothing to do with the fact that I haven't been with a women since I came to your bed back in February-Devlin.

We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf"--Opening to "My Father's Son, " attributed to George Orwell

In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work.

The best compensation for doing things is the ability to do more.

I am just a normal human being - I am alive! Why is anyone surprised that I am human? Like many New Yorkers, I have a multifaceted life.

It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.

The summer's flower is to the summer sweet Though to itself it only live and die

I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come to apply our general doctrine to our own case, to claim an exception.