People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish or feel faint as their self outside themselves grows bright or dwindles in that mirror.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

We can be seized with panic of the fall, or inspired by the potential that lies within the fall.

DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME, JEZEBEL! DON'T YOU DARE! Or I'll follow you to the next world and KILL you.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism.

Why, the little Voice inside my head, of course. You mean you don't have one? I did.

You can justify, from a political standpoint, any type of violence you want to use.

We need to own problems - but we can't own them all!

Golf, more than most games, has a number of clichés, often successfully disguised as 'tips'. Watch out!

The next battle being fought by e-commerce companies will be for customer loyalty.

I don't like looking back.