Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Her heart and soul had already spoken. They wouldn’t let Lucas go.

Miserliness is the one vice that grows stronger with increasing years. It yields its sordid pleasures to the end.

We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.

Well, replace the word 'kinda' with the word 'repeatedly,' and the word 'dog' with 'son.'

I do not say whether it is a good or bad thing. To do so would be meaningless and arrogant.

20 years ago, I was pushed and mentored and given challenging assignments and then supported. That allowed me to have the career path I've had.

A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.

You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard you worked, it was so hard to be a great dancer.

Intuition is critical in virtually everything you do. But, without relentless preparation and execution, it is meaningless.

My style as a human being is to indulge people who need to escape, yet I insist on confronting them as a playwright. It's quite embarrassing, it's quite unpleasant, it's quite awkward.