"There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful."

"No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures."

"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

"Hope itself is a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords."

"Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity."

"Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world."

"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane."

"Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best."

"Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything."

"We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives."

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."