The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.

Life is divided into three parts: what was, what is and what shall be. Of these three periods, the present is short, the future is doubtful and the past alone is certain.

It is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

My age I will not once lament, / But sing, my time so near is spent.

A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our paths

Computing lets people express their creativity and unlock solutions, and code is computing's universal language. All young people, including girls, deserve to be fluent in the language of the future.

I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature.

I tried to avoid looking at the dress full on, lest it burn out my retinas with its glittering hideousness.

I don't like the human race in general. We are the only species who hunt for sport, who kill due to emotional need.

The state is captive to vested interests.

The struggle to be original hates conformity, but the struggle to be better disregards it, or takes advantage of it to build workable conventions.