It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.

if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.

No coffee is ever quite as good as it smells.

Above all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

As usual she had a deceptive air of perspicacity.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

Expectation is the springboard of achievement.

Custom makes monsters of us all.

No art should be fashionable.

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

How clumsily we love this world:looking into that vast darkness, waiting for the telescopeto send down unseen colors of light.

Marx called Darwin a plagiarist and Malthus a fraud. Now all Marxists are Malthusian Darwinists.

Leave your legacy--not in possessions or accolades--but in moments. Moments that matter.

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

I'd sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.

Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth.

You are the captain of your ship that never comes in

The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge.

That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.

Never presume that just because you disagree with an idea that you must be correct.