There is no gift more great than love.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony, and, therefore, why shouldn't I have changed a trifle?

Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors.

Good and evil keep very exact accounts... and the face of every man is their ledger.

Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.

If you do not carry out your mission, your gift to the world will be buried with other riches

No one OWES you a THING. So don’t EXPECT it. You’re on your OWN.

if at all, anger has to be exercised.....let it be superficial

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it.

What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?

I'm happy not knowing. Most of the time (except when I'm a neurotic mess about uncertainty) I feel glad that the horizon is a mystery.

But what would interest you about the brook, It's always cold in summer, warm in winter.

Because of 'Lost,' particularly, J.J. Abrams's fans are all over his stuff.

Keeping accounts, sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. You won't eat less beef today because you have written down what it cost yesterday.