Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.

Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.

He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.

He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.

Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty.

Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.

Liberty of thought means liberty to communicate one's thought.

Circumstances are the seeds of literature.

Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.

The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, it merely prevents him from enjoying his sin.

The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

Precedence exists in humanity as it does with law.

That’s what our country needs – more books and far more readers.

And, long after Clark had gone home, Solomon stayed up wondering if everyone falls in love with someone who can't love them back.

You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.

Imagination is a sort of faint perception.

In the end, winning is sleeping better.

We don't wear cups. We win them!

I'm more or less skeptical about marriage, because of family ties, relations between children and parents - it's all so depressing.

A boy is better unborn than untaught.