If all be a Dream, then he doth but dream that he makes the Question; and so it is not much matter that a waking Man should answer him.

What worries you, masters you.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Revolt is the right of the people

The forest is blanketed by the greenest ferns and moss and bonsai-like trees, a wild majesty that beckons hobbits and pixies and elves and dreamers.

But puberty was... well, before puberty, at school, I didn't tell kids I was a transvestite 'cause I thought they might kill me with sticks, you know?

I started to wonder, and felt relieved that there might be truth to the idea of intellectuals all being frauds. I knew that I certainly was.

I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score.

Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast.

All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.

What's come to perfection perishes. Things learned on earth we shall practice in heaven; Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes.

One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.

Kissing's a good thing, man. It's the doorbell of intimacy.

Assuming that just because you can hear you can listen is like assuming that just because you can see you can read.