For the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it.

If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.

She burned too bright for this world.

Honest people don't hide their deeds.

Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!

He’s more myself than I am

He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!

But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm's length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I'll rest.

He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.

How can you tell whether the ego is there or not? You will know when someone insults you. If someone insults you, swallow (accept) it with understanding.

The key to having good scales is a healthy diet of venison when you’re just a wee dragon lad.

In arguing, what people lack in intellect they usually make up for in name-calling.

Like lambs to the slaughter.

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

Belief in ourself is like a muscle - it is strengthened by constant and careful use.

It's like, you know how sometimes you see a really sexy baby? Wait.

But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

Free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity!