When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions.

It is better to be well deserving without praise than to live by the air of undeserved commendation.

Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.

A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.

Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.

There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.

Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.

Murder was apparently too common-place in the big city to attract much notice. Poor Luther, thought Lucy, as she headed back to the hotel. Even in death he was only a big fish in a small pond.

Daemon had spoken to Blake earlier in the day

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.

To explore the whole sphere of the modern soul, to have sat in every nook- my ambition, my torture, and my happiness

The sage's Way is to act and not to contend.

For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.

I've always dreamed of getting to know the women of other countries better. When I was a boy, I remember, I used to get angry at the thought that I did not know German or American or Swedish women.

Picking your favourite look is like picking your favourite child! I get so emotionally attached to each one.