Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Sometimes you take the long way to get home. & some of the days feel like all this is is the long way home.(from Twitter)

Don’t box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You’ll produce either rebels, or very boring people.

I was going all well and then suddenly struck by this devil just out of the blue and i got paralyzed...

The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.

Life is a series of dreams, a series of interlocking awarenesses.

I tried getting my dad to buy me a beeper for my birthday,” he says, “but he thinks only doctors and drug dealers need them.

It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing.

I resent 'experts' who have never faced deadly threat, yet who tell me - and you - that we should not consider a response of equal power against those who would threaten our lives.