Those who never quote, in return are never quoted.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one.

The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of oratory.

One may quote till one compiles.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]

What you do with Christ here and now decides where you shall spend eternity.

BRAVETo be brave is to behavebravely when your heart is faint.So you can be really brave only when you really ain't.

I came to understand that people come and see you because they like you. They don't come to throw things at you.

What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed, that race, now called Americans, have arisen.

I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.

It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted.

I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.

I went blonde which killed my hair. It was a disaster. I think it was neat to do it for a bit.

Reintegrating the brain into the rest of the body is absolutely essential to having the kind of long-term health and substantially lower cost [of care] than if you're going to treat them separately.

Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger. The person that you'd take a bullet for is behind the trigger.