A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.

The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.

I'd always had a guilty preference for fiction. Since I seemed now to be living fiction, this proved to have been an entirely reasonable choice.

The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

I didn't kill innocent people.

Rise and grind... the money ain't gonna wait for you while you sleep son.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf.

I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people.

In private I'm not. You will have to ask my wife. She maintains I'm a fluffy husband.