Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

If they criticise you before they cheer you on, they are not your people. Simple.

The world had seen so many Ages: the Age of Enlightenment; of Reformation; of Reason. Now, at last, the Age of Desire. And after this, an end to Ages; an end, perhaps, to everything.

The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them later, but never when you're living them.

You can't put toilet paper in the toilet [in the space ship], so there's a separate vacuum can in front of you on the wall and when you're done, you put the toilet paper in there and seal that up.

Ugly is attractive. Ugly is exciting.

OH MY GOD! In Thailand, they've got the spiciest food I've ever had in my life!

We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.

Disgust is intuitive microbiology

Abandonment doesn't have the sharp but dissipating sting of a slap. It's like a punch to the gut, bruising your skin and driving the precious air from your body.