I can't imagine a human being so hard up for something to do as to quarrel with me.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.

Man has become great through struggle

If you are not concerned about the outcome of a circumstance, you will experience no fear. Whatever the outcome will be, will be, whether you fear it or not.

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

The strong conquer the weak. The weak serve the strong and hope to become strong so they can conquer others who are weaker.

Despite the failures you've had, you can be great.

Chat to the ghosts! That's what I do!

I was hurrying through my own soul . . . I was leaning out . . . I was listening.

I don't read reviews, There's no value for me in reading them. Whether they're good or bad, they'll just make me self-conscious.

Molded salads are best served in situations where they have little or no competition ... Like television, gelatin is too often a vehicle for limp leftovers that couldn't make it anywhere else.