There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without consolation.

Oh, why does college have to happen to perfectly good people?

Behind every stressful thought is the desire for things to be other than they are.

I just wait because I think people will find me. And I’m not the kind of person who will knock on somebody’s door. I wait. If they’re good for me, they will come towards me.

Corruption can only prosper with a people's ignore-ance.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

[Donald Trump] is his own man - distinctly American. And where else would an independent spirit like his find a following than in the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days.

If you focus on near-term growth above all else, you miss the most important question you should be asking: will this business still be around a decade from now?

Euler - The unsurpassed master of analytic invention.