We are always on the side of those who speak last.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

The heart has no wrinkles.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?

Beauty is harsh.

As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.

You don’t have the body you don’t have a debt. Ask for a loan.

Nobody's going to fight for you as much as you fight for yourself.

government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior.

Our children take our level of vibration and raise it even higher. This is how we, as humans, continue evolution.

As part of my efforts to fight identity theft, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee to strengthen consumer protection with a reasonable notification requirement.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Learn from it... tomorrow is a new day.

I now consider myself quite religious and spiritual although that sounds like a terrible cliche.

When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.