The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to seek out the most hidden and intimate things.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

People who wouldn't dream of drowning a puppy in a barrel full of water think nothing of killing a fish the same slow way.

People are way too optimistic about the power they assume they have got to control how they are being perceived. They don't realize that none of the armours they wear is free of holes!

I'm really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.

Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.

Christ, don't you ever knock? It's Lassiter. L-A-S-S-I-T-E-R. How is it possible you're still getting me confused with someone else? Do I need a nametag?

There's no way that if you get participation out of a person can they say you didn't rock it.

These boots were made for walking, that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.

A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction.