Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

He had taken to asking himself WWPD? (What Would Pia Do?)

My life has appeared unclothed in court, detail by detail, death-bone witness by death-bone witness, and I was shamed at the verdict.

We demand from others only what we fail to give ourselves

No man ever wrote more eloquently and luminously [than Heraclitus].

It's always useful to be in big movies for one's career.

Stupid f***ing white man.

One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place.

I try to work every day, even when I'm not motivated. Ritual is very important to me.

We have the media, which is such a waste in the sense that you can actually feel your IQ get lower as you watch TV.

Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.