The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Compassion is the key to the ultimate survival of our species.

Ann: What if there is no God? What if the Bible isn’t true?

This world's a bubble.

Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.

I've always liked what the Navajos say when they part. They never say 'Goodbye.' They say 'Go in beauty.'

I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.

When you're kind of the ugly stepsister, you just go to the prom with whoever asks you.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.