To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the gods.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

Results speak for themselves while intentions often fall short of promises.

The virtuous man takes the middle road between the two extremes, making a point of being respectful of his own ideas without changing his personality or style.

Speaking from the heart is simple. Listening wholeheartedly, however, is much, much more difficult and most rare.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Imagination gives the man the ability to poject himself through time and space and rise above all limitations.

The ignorant pronounce it Frood To cavil or applaud The well-informed pronounce it Froyd But I pronounce it Fraud.

Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.

China will certainly pay more attention to human rights.

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

I'm always thinking ahead, and I'm always curious about what's happening next. I thrive on that kind of thinking, so I don't burn out.