Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants.

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.

Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you.

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.

Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.

Most of our failures in understanding one another have less to do with what is heard than with what is intended and what is inferred.

We need imperfection in our relationships, else we would die from the thickness of intimacy.

A friend is simply one soul in two bodies.

We all have hometown appetites.

We prefer humility in others - and if we prefer it in others - we can soon prefer it in ourselves.

So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in that world.

There is one "right answer" to any question, and it is in the book to be read.

I suppose it was a romantic was to perish... for a mouse

The sign of a person who has had an education is good manners.

The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.