In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

It's hard luck always having to be a judge.

I didn't know someone whom I wasn't seeking, could make me feel like I didn't need to search anymore.

The abused children are alone with their suffering, not only within the family, but also within themselves. They cannot crate a place in their own soul where they could cry their beart out.

Impulses of intelligence constantly create the body in new forms every second.

I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.

If everyone can make music. Make better music.

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

I used to do stuff at college. I could do voices. I could make some people laugh. I wasn't the class clown, but I knew I had this skill.