Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!

The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous — licentious — abominable — infernal — Not that I ever read them — no — I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.

A key barometer to help us weigh the rightness of our actions is self-respect.

Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves we desire to live an imaginary life in the minds of others and for this purpose we endeavor to shine.

I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.

I'm a writer. I write not only for a living, I write because I'm a writer.

I think it's part of everybody's childhood, there are some wonderful Hammer movies and there are some dreadful ones.

Bank of America is to sweetheart loans and Democratic Party payoffs as Paula Deen is to sugar and bacon grease.

Life is such an effort, Child. It's a war that is renewed each day, and its moments of joy are brief parentheses for which you pay a cruel price.

Conscience is the chamber of justice.

One thing we can do really well for our students is to help them figure out their identity.