There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us.

You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person.

By comparing what we know today with what the ancients appear to have known we can guess at the kinds of wine they drank.

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

The man who asks a woman what she wants deserves all that's coming to him.

To be excited and at the same time satisfied; to desire and possess -that has been described somewhere as the wise man's idea of heaven.

London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member.

We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand.

There is a case and a strong case for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us.

Character is how you treat people who can't do anything for you in return.Integrity is how you act when you think nobody is looking.

Democratic Socialism devolves into totalitarian Socialism and eventually into full on Communism as people resist statism.

False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.

When your spirit is heavy, when your heart is broken, when your burdens seem unbearable - trust Him. Look to Him.

We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

Art, like love, excludes all competition and absorbs the man.

I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.

I went through seventh grade in private school. I went to private school from kindergarten to seventh grade.

Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend.