Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

Courage is grace under pressure.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

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

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

The day of individual happiness has passed