I have never walked down Fifth Avenue alone without thinking of money.

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.

All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children....

Is it any wonder that fear and anxiety have become the hallmarks of our age?

Don't do that again! Not ever again!" I told him."I should say the same to you, " he said. I could feel his breath, warm on my neck. "Promise me!" I demanded."I... I promise.""I can't lose you.

You become a true philanthropist only when you empty yourself to be a blessing to others without expecting anything in return

Shame is an ornament to the young a disgrace to the old.

Each individual is as individual as their fingerprints, and I think that's extraordinary.

I'm not silly enough to think I'm going to change the whole culture ... but I do have a belief that soccer can go to a different level.

Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.

Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.

Few people give themselves time to be friends.