You have proved it is a very moral habit.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art.

Though I sit down now, the time will come whenyou will hear me.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.