If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

On getting lost in a book. Set adriftA life unknownConnections formLove is sewn

Art is my Life.

Death, which we are accustomed to consider an evil, really acts for us the friendliest part, and takes away the commonplace of existence.

Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage.

No one is mandating merit pay.

New York, you got money on your mind. And my words won't make a dime's worth a difference, so here's to you New York.

A day's pay for a day's work is more than adequate when both the work and the pay are appreciated as much as they are expected.

Fashion Week is so important for designers.

The final battle against intolerance is to be fought - not in the chambers of any legislature - but in the hearts of men.

No man is happy but by comparison.