A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.