One minute gives invention to destroy; What to rebuild, will a whole age employ.

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.

Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants.

Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you.

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.

Dive again and again into the river of uncertainty. Create in the dark, only then can you recognize the light.

Even a blind man could see she is beautiful.

Then we still have time!” I gasp. “It’s not too late. We know what he’s going to do. We’ll return to the cave and figh

A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says thinks or does is without consequences.

Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

I hate travelling and explorers

I love being a writer. I am very lucky my life's ambition turned out to be just as much fun as I thought it would be.

I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

In my twenties, I was determined to change the world. In my thirties, I tried to transform the church. In my early forties, I discovered I was the problem.

Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly.