The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.

...don’t discount intuition. It holds more wisdom than technology can ever afford

Writers cheat death by constructing an immortality vessel.

But it wasn't anyone! ... What could I say I was a freak - an Empty.

[Chief White Halfoat:] Racial prejudice is a terrible thing, Yossarian. It really is. It's a terrible thing to treat a decent, loyal Indian like a nig*er, kike, wop, or spic.

Happiness comes towards those which believe in him

He's not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.

I'm a healthy weight for my height, and I like how I look on most days.

Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-

Cezanne was fated, as his passion was immense, to be immensely neglected, immensely misunderstood, and now, I think, immensely overrated.