Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

No, what he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk.

This may shock you, but the most important person in your life is you. You are meant to be 'full of yourself.

One comes to bless the absolute bareness, feeling that here is a pure beauty of form, a kind of ultimate harmony.

I like the idea that my work isn't intended only for the Earth, but for the entire Universe.

I'm glad I've never been so successful that I couldn't stop doing one thing. I've kind of been able to just kick it along and switch around.

I thought a lot of girls wanna have their secret identity and have something they don't want to tell people about.

[The English] find ill-health not only interesting but respectable and often experience death in the effort to avoid a fuss.

We're not responsible for the bustling and hustling that may go on here. Lots of people bustle, and some hustle. But that's their business, and a very old one.

Be creative. Use your voice, your community.

Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing economic vulnerability of men and women alike.