Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of men.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.

Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.

A little bit of suspicion is a dangerous thing; a drop from a pipette of poison into a bucket of otherwise clean water.

My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films.

It frequently happens that I begin a novel with just a visual image of something, a vague sense of people in three dimensional space.

Cheaters are people who have a lot of stuff to work out, and they're working it out on your time and with your heart.

I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste.

I don't really consider myself a writer, but I am writing so I guess I'm a writer.

The art school babe quotes William Blake as she rolls a joint, then I think that I'll score.

It wasn't until I'd met everyone else's measure of success that I realized I'd failed myself.