Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

You cannot prove your worth by bylines and busyness.

Don't worry, everyone is mentally ill, they just haven’t figured out a name for yours yet.

I think I have great knowledge of foreign policy, frankly. And despite what some people said, I was always against the war in Iraq, and a lot of people weren't.

I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.

The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation.

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Frustration is not the way to go.

Fathers die.You keep on loving them in any way you can.You can't hide him away in your heart.

If an artist wants to work with me because they feel I've made some credible albums and there've been things that are long-lasting, it's because those artists took the time and we built an idea.

You're not even in a restaurant, but... you got served!