"Society has no bribe for me...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity.”

“It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone.”

“Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.”

“Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!”

“The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.”

“For your popular rumour, unlike the rolling stone of the proverb, is one which gathers a deal of moss in its wanderings up and down.”

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”

“Never suppose that in any possible situation or under any circumstances that it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing however slightly so it may appear to you... Encourage all your virtuous dispositions, and exercise them whenever an opportunity arises, being assured that they will gain strength by exercise ... and that exercise will make them habitual.”

“I think business has to be stupider. I want to do really straightforward, stupid business - just talk to me like a 4-year-old. And I refuse to negotiate. I do not negotiate. I can collaborate. But I'm an artist, so as soon as you negotiate, you're being compromised.”