But blast the man, with curses loud and deep, Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station, Who first invented, and went round advising, That artificial cut-off, Early Rising!

If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men who make it their professional business to put it out?

Order is the primary regulation of the celestial regions.

It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.

Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get.

Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body; both are morally fatal if indulged.

Young men! it 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the proper track, Just go ahead, and never look back!

Alas! poor human nature, pity, if hard pressed, degenerates into contempt.

Long pains are light ones, Cruel ones are brief!

The wise may find in trifles light as atoms in the air, some useful lesson to enrich the mind.

God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said, and so say I.

The sky's gray and there's mizzle. It's so soft on my skin--it's nothing like rain. It's even softer than the lightest drizzle! Lift my face up, so it can kiss my skin." The Panopticon

In these days of faith-cures, and hypnotism, and telepathy, and subliminalities – why, the simple old world grows very confusing. But rarely, very rarely novel.

Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.

I've invented Twofacebook, the antisocial network. You start being friends w/entire world & defriend people one by one.

Some say that you know real love when you realise the only person in the world who can console you is the one who has hurt you.

The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.

We create the illusions we need to go on.

...poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone.

We get together with people because they're the same or because they're different, and in the end we split with them for exactly the same reasons.

Politics is a delicate business. I understand that well. But if a party is not willing to stand up for what is right, does it deserve to win back control of the government?