I am persuaded ... that both man and woman bear pain or sorrow, (and, for aught I know, pleasure too) best in a horizontal position.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

We all disapprove of prostitution

Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.

From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.

Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.

I'm only 19 but my mind is older... When things get for real, my warm heart turns cold.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.

I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.