“To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement”
“To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement”
“Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist”
“Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself ”
“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind”
“Less than fifteen percent of the people do any original thinking on any subject . . . The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think”
“Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted”
“When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workman”