Six, or at most seven, hours' sleep is, for a constancy, as much as you or anybody else can want; more is only laziness and dozing, and is, I am persuaded, both unwholesome and stupefying.

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.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

There's a thing with genre movies and science fiction movies that number two is the charmed; two seems to be the best. I loved 'Terminator 2.'

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

The curse is an incredible set of blue balls.

If you can build it, you can unbuild it

The giving up of (a belief in) witchcraft is in effect the giving up of (a beilief in) the Bible.

murder takes presedence over watching my boyfriend strip" -ID, Anita to Nathaniel

The euro Titanic has now hit the iceberg - and there simply aren't enough lifeboats to go round.

I never, ever cheated [in medical school]. I don't condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.

I read myself out of poverty, long before I worked myself out of poverty.