My business in life is to eat, drink, sleep, and die. Everything else is superfluity and I will have none of it.

Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.

My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!

Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.

Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity.

It is unwise to think that marriage will bring an end to your emotional problems.

Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.

Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.

It is rash to intrude upon the piety of others: both the depth and the grace of it elude the stranger.

Never discuss Scientology with the critic. Just discuss his or her crimes, known and unknown.

In truth, you like the pain. You like it because you believe you deserve it.

Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.

If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important.