When thieves come, I bark; when gallants, I am still - So perform both my master's and mistress's will.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

A difference of opinion does two things if you allow it, expands the mind and widens the heart.

Only parents and torturers and the janitors of holocausts are asked to stand the sound of so much human grief.

I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.

Reality is always the story of a past, and what I love about the past is—it's over.

Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.

Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly.

I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor.

The inability to hold cash and the pressure to be fully invested at all times meant that when the plug was pulled out of the tub, all boats dropped as the water rushed down the drain.

It's certainly important to include text beside documentary photographs. Furthermore, it's important to include text in a way that's useful and accessible.

The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.