Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems.

We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff.

Human entirety can only be what it is when giving up the addiction to others' ends.

Literature is breathing. I teach literature the way someone else might teach First Aid.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

The dream is over. I gotta get down to reality. The good old days is garbage.

I scowled defensively. "My conversations don't usually include the subject of erections." "Too bad," he said. "All the best conversations do.

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.

The protection of private property does more than promote market efficiency; it enhances the level of human freedom in the most intimate and personal parts of our lives.

I'm a bisexual; I get it maybe twice a year.