He who will not reason is a bigot he who cannot is a fool and he who dares not is a slave.

Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble.

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

He who dares not (reason), is a slave.

Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings Sole comforter to minds with grief oppressed.

What sweet delight a quiet life affords.

Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.

So that my life be brave, what though not long?

Sleep Silence's child sweet father of soft rest Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings Sole comforter to minds with grief oppressed.

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

People who write about politics, whether on the left or the right, have a consistent bias: they take politics seriously.

A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

I appear to be a lot bigger than what I am.

We've invented most of the stuff that we need and now we're just messing about

All great writers are schizophrenics, you know what I'm saying? 'Cause they switch up. They become the person when they write.

Opinions are like phasers - everybody ought to have one.

I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.

I wasn't really interested in doing television. I don't have that much ambition. My agent, Eileen Feldman, has all the ambition for me.

When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining.