It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man.

The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star?

Men and women, empires and cities, thrones, principalities, and powers, mountains, rivers, and unfathomed seas, worlds, spaces, and universes, all have their day, and all must go.

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.

There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.

Passion is like the lightning, it is beautiful, and it links the earth to heaven, but alas it blinds!

Truly time should be measured by events, and not by the lapse of hours.

A sharp spear needs no polish.

When you start to question you are part of the problem.

When you knew you would break my heart why did you do all in your power to make me fall in love with you?

I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.

When you're working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel.

Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.

The gifts of Heaven are never quite gratuitous.

Surround yourself with people who do what you want to do, and eventually you’ll wake up to find yourself doing the same.

[At age 92:] There are places I'd like to return to. But not as I was then but as I am now. 'Cause I'm trying to understand. And I've understood nothing.

The companies aren't hiring, because consumers don't have enough money to buy the goods and services.

Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation in the world.