The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not the march of Love.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.

...the end of the world hasn't granted the clumsiest among us any measure of grace.

Partitioning Iraq is inevitable, as shown by history.

Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime.

The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.

I still don't know quite what I'm supposed to do or be.

Do you write novels?" I said. "Novels, Lord no," she said. "I can't even stay married.

What's Walmart, do they sell like wall stuff?

You never work for someone else. The truth is someone is paying you to work for yourself.