Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.

There is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a sort of vermin called flatterers.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy.

In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

What enriches language is its being handled and exploited by beautiful minds-not so much by making innovations as by expanding it through more vigorous and varied applications, by extending it and deploying it. It is not words that they contribute: what they do is enrich their words, deepen their meanings and tie down their usage; they teach it unaccustomed rhythms, prudently though and with ingenuity.