One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse.

The heart feels, the head compares.

Forests were the first temples of the Divinity, and it is in the forests that men have grasped the first idea of architecture.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

Love decreases when it ceases to increase.

Education means Independence and Independence means liberty!

Faking your own death is illegal, yet faking your own life is celebrated

The art of good teaching begins when we can answer the questions our students are really trying to ask us, if only they knew how to do so.

My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

This is what I like about life at sea. It’s one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of next? Hopefully a pony who solves crimes.

A woman at 20 is like ice, at 30 she is warm and at 40 she is hot.

Indefinite plans get dubious results.

If you want to be in the automotive business, you go to Detroit, and you figure it out. If you want to be in entertainment, go to where it's at. Go to Hollywood, go to New York.

They think they're normal, because they all do the same thing. Well, I'm going to pretend that I have drunk from the same well as them.

No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin.