...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

A good book is an event in my life.

A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.

One's silence can be deafening indeed, but it's also quite satisfying once in a while to actually hear one's thoughts just to reassure a presence.

Clarity affords focus.

The extremists took over the primary process.

England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.

Venture capital is unscalable. Production equals the time each partner has.

My life, the most truthful one, is unrecognizable, extremely interior, and there is no single word that gives it meaning.

Licker talks mighty loud w'en it git loose fum de jug.

I have a funny sense of humor. If I was a comedian and I was up on stage, people would think that's funny, because I'm a funny comedian. I'm an entertainer.

It doesn't sound anything like 'Under Pressure.'

Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters.