Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

What is necessary is never a risk.

In my view, one of the major reasons that we have so many people in jail is that we have turned our backs on a lot young people.

If you insist on the chase then you'd better start running 'cause dude, you're in for a marathon

I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.

What business has an old bachelor like that to marry?' said Sir James. 'He has one foot in the grave.' 'He means to draw it out again, I suppose.

What is painting today? It's a discontinued thing, discontinued from anything serious that happened in the past.

Everybody I know who goes out and plays a little softball, they break their leg.

There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz.

I regret my lack of options. I regret being painted into a corner and having that be the only instrument to get me from point A to point B.