“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.”

Home is where the heart is.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!

We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.

Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.

It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Not a day without a line.

In wine there is health.

A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.

Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.

Human nature is fond of novelty.

After more than two decades of trying to destroy the firearms rights of more than 80 million law-abiding American gun owners – and statistically failing to show any impact on violent crime.

This decade is strewn with examples of bright people who thought they built a better mousetrap that could consistently extract abnormal returns from the financial markets.

Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.

It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.

Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

It normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.

Before Alar, there was EDB, a potent human carcinogen allowed in the grain supply and other food for more than a decade after it was known to be dangerous.