In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Today wouldn't have happened if histories weren't falsified.

You worry yourself unnecessarily. Put the thought of hitting right out of your mind!

Men are created different they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

There are two worlds we live in: a material world, bound by the laws of physics, and the world inside our mind, which is just as important.

The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.

What will happen will happen and I won't waste my time worrying.

You must have tremendous power of focus to direct your life and not allow all these variant forces, different vibrations, to enter you.

I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.

No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am.