"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made."

"The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk."

"It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly."

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

"Punctuality is the thief of time."

"One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason."

"We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own."

"ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble."

"Never be bored, and you will never be boring."

"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures he leadeth me beside the still waters."

"Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people."

"I've had people say to me, 'Can't you be more feminine?' I would go, 'Feminine? Why do I have to be feminine?' Does that mean I have to put a little apron on and bake some cookies or something?"