There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

The more things you have in common with the normal population the more you are not being yourself.

Don't think, Ember...just burn.

There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an expectation of good things to come. Not necessarily what you expected.

My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity.

Most books about Stanley Kubrick were written by people who never met him and gathered information from articles written by others who didn't know him either.

My optimism for life carried through my work.

The little Road says, Go; The little House says, Stay; And oh, it's bonny here at home, But I must go away.

I believe that a man should be... as big as he feels it in him to be!

We didn't know each other [with Larry Kramer at Yale], but we had a lot of mutual friends.

Be the captain of your ship. Breathe and be grateful.