Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one.

The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of oratory.

One may quote till one compiles.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]

when you hate someone, at the same time, you grab that person and give a space in yourself for that person. that's when your hatred might turn into affection, into love.

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

My hair is always at its best in New York. I don't know what's in the water. It could be mousse.

The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

You may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.

I have the world's worst pregnancies.

A penny saved is better than a penny earned.

I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.

You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and natural employment of the soul of humans.