One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.

Nature of course is the best guide in the matter of choosing a pursuit.

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely.

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether.

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up to the Stage.

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood.

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.

I never had a piece of toast particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side.

Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Graphic designers judge a cover by its book.

The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

The kundalini flows upward. It also flows downward in different ways. It is quite complex, actually.

Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past.

If someone says that he can think or talk about quantum physics without becoming dizzy, that shows only that he has not understood anything whatever about it.

Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment.

It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

Rapport is the ability to enter someone else's world, to make him feel that you understand him, that you have a strong common bond.