Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

What are you talking about?" Narcissus demanded. "I am amazing. Everyone knows this.""Amazing at pure suck, " Leo said. "If I was as suck as you, I'd drown myself. Oh wait, you already did that.

Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.

One of the great advantages ofhaving a library, your eminence, is that it is full of books.

The notion that the maternal wish and the activity of mothering are instinctive or biologically predestined is baloney.

One of the hardest things in life to realize is that the person you love could never love you like you love them.

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.

I am not supporting Donald Trump. I think he does this country such a disservice. And I'm gonna leave it there.

I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter.