In every thing that relates to science, I am a whole Encyclopaedia behind the rest of the world.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

Advice is like snow the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness but with energy and above all with illusions I pulled through them all.

Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.

I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.

I never cheat unless you count the girls I cheat on

The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor.

I'm a big believer that dreams don't have deadlines!

Not to take this web of dualities as a sign we are on the right track would be a bit like believing that God put fossils into the rocks in order to mislead Darwin about the evolution of life.

Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.

I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.