[He] took me into his library and showed me his books, of which he had a complete set.

Innovation is hard to schedule.

We can embody the truth, but we cannot know it.

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

I'll burn my books.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.

Necessity hath no law.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne we

Flame on!

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.