The great error of physicians has been that of attributing recovery to the operations of their poisons, while they have left out of account the healing powers of the body itself.

Men are like wine-some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Laziness is the mother of all bad habits, but ultimately she is a mother and we should respect her

If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card you don't have a clear idea.

Personally, I think Mitt Romney would be a great secretary of state.

Seemingly unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. Much progress, therefore, depends on such people.

Love has no charm when Love is swept to earth: you'd make a lop-winged god, frozen and contrite, of god up-darting, winged for passionate flight.

It is about what you do when nobody is watching. Can you always stay on your grind, or are you only a star when the lights are on you and everybody is watching?

To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to live, not just to like how it makes you feel.

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.

Come up, April, though the valley, / In your robes of beauty drest, / Come and wake your flowery children / From their wintry beds of rest.