The most affluent may be stripped of all, and find his worldly comforts, like so many withered leaves, dropping from him.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also.

The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out: 'Swine! Swine! Swine!', and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen.

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

The more I am able to deeply love and accept my flaws and imperfections, the more I am able to do that with my fellows.

Passion will always move you in the direction of your authentic self.

My best friends are books, I can easily read them and take them wherever I go.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

Donald Trump has taken the Peter Principle to unprecedented heights. Or is it depths?

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. I've never had an affair with her.