I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

We're all entitled to our different likes and dislikes. Imagine the world if we all liked the same things.

so dangerously beautiful but you will not dare to ask her or tell her how you feel love hurts in the worst ways

Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same.

We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience.

Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others.

On the flip side, when we connect our work with a greater sense of purpose and calling beyond the paycheck, we begin to see the kind of flourishing that we were called to create.

None of the things I have done would have been accomplished without a true team effort.

Scott Peterson was a pathological liar to me - nothing he said was the truth.

When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when a man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics.