There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

Every man is his own worst enemy

It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Ignorance is not innocence.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

I was born, have lived, and will die free.

You stop revisiting memories when you outgrow the people you made them with.

The greatest sin you could commit is immortality, because it means that you’ll eventually commit all else.

The proud hate pride - in others.

Coffee is the highlight of my day. After coffee everything is downhill.

I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you get off of your swing. So you don't think of homers when you go up to the plate.

The real fountain of youth is to have a dirty mind.

The books could be completely worthless, and things we don't even read now could be considered the most important books.

I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced myself.

I have always questioned everything: education, the obligation to memorize, authority. Perhaps that is why I have photographed everything.

The squalid cash interpretation put on the word success — is our national disease.