The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

Life […] is scientific, that’s what it is.

The human heart isn't meant to be caged by someone who doesn't feed it.

A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing.

There is no such thing as philosophy-free science, just science that has been conducted without any consideration of its underlying philosophical assumptions.

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.

The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.

I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.

I have given God countless reasons not to love me. None of them has been strong enough to change Him.

Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.

Fat jokes to me are always, always hilarious, as long as they're done towards yourself.