Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances.

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.

A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.

By night the skyscraper looms in the smoke and the stars and has a soul.

Man is not the creature of circumstances Circumstances are the creatures of men.

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.

I am in truth the Steppenwolf that I often call myself; that beast astray that finds neither home nor joy nor nourishment in a world that is strange and incomprehensible to him.

I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.

And your skin, it tastes like me. I want to taste you everywhere.

Cooperation with others. Perception, experience, tenacity. Know when to lead and when to follow.

I don't miss playing for the Yankees. I miss my friends, my teammates.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

The ladies--Heaven bless them!--are, as a general rule, coquettes from babyhood upwards.