In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

She was a wolf. She was death, devourer of the worlds.

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays

When I have money, I invest in buying books. My personal development by reading these books is my greatest pleasure.

Patch’s eyes were black orbs. Taking in everything and giving away nothing.

I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.

The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth - it's about the redistribution of time.

All experience helps when you write.

Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing.

A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.

Never miss a chance to shut up