It is the easiest thing in the world for a man to look as if he had a great secret in him.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

A real prison breakfast" I said."Yeah, but we are free."And that summed it up.

I’m not a follower. I never have been. But I’ll definitely become someone I’m not for a few hours if it’ll make me blend in rather than make me a blatant eye sore and draw attention.

If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty.

Sonia Sotomayor is uniquely and exquisitely sensitive to race issues because she is a Latina.

All talk is lies in a way. Only the doing of a thing can make it true.

Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity.

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

It is almost as hard for us to sense our own species quality as it is to sense our species smell.

I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure that people gain a selective advantage from believing in things they can't prove.