THOMASINA:But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a fine for all that is overdue!

It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.

What are a friend's books for if not to be borrowed?

A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion

Joy is God’s presence in our lives.

Feelings should never supersede rational thought... so, if you feel that you've got the answer, you should think some more.

You don't want captains in the army who know too much or think too much.

The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Finance that only talks to itself & deals with each other becomes socially useless

Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.

I never did drugs and I can't really drink because I have zero tolerance for alcohol, so my vice became women. I was never faithful to most of them.

I am not playing for any lobby. I am playing for national lobby. I will ignore lobby. Anybody has useful suggestion, they can give it to me. The history will speak about it.