Quotation, like much better things, has its abuses. One may quote till one compiles. The ancient lawyers used to quote at the bar till they had stagnated their own cause.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one.

The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of oratory.

One may quote till one compiles.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time. By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it.

The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.

The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur.

I'm definitely the kind of person to wear underwear all the time.

Any good biography has to got to lead you to the work. Many biographers have started out in love with their subjects and ended up hating them.

I really do want to act, I love acting, and I want to do it in the long run.

If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

How can you run for president if you dont know the job description?

I feel myself becoming more mature and more fascinated and drawn to feminine values.