We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits than of any other person's.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

If you give in to temptation, you may have a moment of enjoyment, but then you'll have a lifetime of regrets.

I had been born shoved to the margins of the world, sure, but I had volunteered for the pits.

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.

If you can't go home, there is nowhere to go, and nowhere is the biggest place in the world-indeed, nowhere is the world.

The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

I'm a laugher and a lover of comedy.

There's so much tragedy in people that we see every day that we don't have to make anything up. We don't have to invent anything. There are two items on the menu: comedy and tragedy.

If I don't write, I begin to feel unsettled and uneasy, as I gather people do who are not allowed to dream.

We all ended up somewhere with our various uncertain lives flapping about us in tatters and our pockets full of foreign coins.

Eccentricity is originality that leads nowhere.