One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.

Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that`s OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.