Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system.

Originality is the death of mediocrity.

Taking a chance on a new author, can open your mind to new experiences.

Prosperity makes friends adversity tries them.

Sound money is the sine qua non of a prosperous society.

"If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying."

All this cuddling and kissing on stage these days, well it's all right in football when someone scores a goal, but not when you're playing darts.

What's needed today, now, more than ever, is 'Star Peace' for there is an ominous, mutual threat to all science fiction. It's called 'Twilight'. And it is really, really bad.

Who will win the League? It's a toss of a coin between three of them.

Information is the oxygen of the modern age.