Shall we not rejoice then and revel in the glorious liberty of extract, and quote to the thousandth line? Shall we not have pages like the Pyramids?

Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem: There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground But holds some joy of silence or of sound, Some spirits begotten of a summer dream.

Social and political life is a Society for the Diffusion of Mendacity .

As success converts treason into legitimacy, so belief converts fiction into fact, and "nothing is but what is not.

Man will take anything you like, except warning.

What if two negatives make an affirmative ...does it follow that two nobodies shall be some body?

It seems to me that, with but slight reserve and modification, we may apply to our departed friend his own pathetic and beautiful elegy upon another.

How often does it happen that an obscure line finds its way into a periodical... is requoted in every book that comes out during the next three months, and "sleeps again!

When the error is universal, it is supposed to end. The adoption of the foundling establishes its consanguinity.

Everybody's word is worth Nobody's taking.

It is an odd mode of diminishing one's own weakness to ask a friend to lend us the equal force of his.

There are always some positive things happening in your life, but you would only notice them if you take your mind off from your negative experiences and start to focus on your daily blessings.

You should write a book, " Ron told Hermione as he cut up his potatoes, "translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them.

It's much easier to tame a wild idea than invigorate one that has no life in the first place.

It's really boring to talk about what you ate and have 48,000 fans listen to you. It's awful.

You are what you eat, but eventually you become what eats you.

A lot of people think that keying a car isn't the right way to get back at a guy. I disagree.

Love is the most powerful force in the world.

And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch.

Money comes to life as it is spent.

Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people look incredibly bright, as if they are probably off to win a Nobel prize.