What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

Anxiety is the interest paid on trouble before it is due.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.

Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is not content to be the average man.

There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it is better.'

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.

It is said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things and himself of anything.

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states - Israel Athens Florence Elizabethan England.

No creature smarts so little as a fool.

No, the horror genre is not my first love. I don't run to the theater to see horror films.

I try to stay away from certain stuff - I'm not a perfect human being. I try to represent myself as much as a good person could. I stay around the positive people.

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea.

I like gold because it is a stabilizer; it is an insurance policy.

This is Sesame Street. A place where people, birds, monsters all live in perfect harmony.

Again, it is belief without evidence. In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

In the end you're not made or broken by prizes. Your relationship is with your readers, not a prize, and you just have to keep on honoring that.