Is there no Villain in this World who doth not regard himself as a poor abus'd Innocent, no She-Wolf who doth not think herself a Lamb, no Shark who doth not fancy that she is a Goldfish?

It's important to know what you're going to spend your life on, and the only way you're going to find that is by connecting with the force inside yourself.

Is perception equivalent to existence?

If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk.

What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.

I have ne'er been in a chamber with a lawyer when I did not wish either to scream with desperation or else fall into the deepest of sleeps, e'en when the matter concern'd my own future most profoundly.

I've become more conservative about sex as I've gotten older.