Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always.
There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife. Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
No truer word, save God's, was ever spoken, Than that the largest heart is soonest broken.
Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
We're going to appoint great justices to the United States Supreme Court to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.
When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point.
My mother made us eat all sorts of vitamins and supplements, until one day I nearly choked on part of The Sunday Times.
Jewish people, we're repulsed by Hitler, but we're obsessed with him. If you ever want to rob a Jewish person's house, all you have to do is call them up and tell them there's a Hitler film festival down at the multiplex - watch them file out.