Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.

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.

We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.

I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated.

America is still the best country for the common man -- white or black ... if he can't make it here he won't make it anywhere else.

Because here's the thing about a book: when you pick up a story, you put down your own.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.

It is not the irregular hours or irregular diet that makes the romantic life.

For early employees you want people that have somewhat of a risk-taking attitude.

I've always liked politicians and lawyers. They keep the PR professional's status at least two from the bottom of the ethical food chain.

Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?