High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.
Custom is the great guide to human life.
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.
I'm incurably nosey - so naturally I'm a great reader.
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel.
Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.
All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Great breakthroughs are always followed by great catastrophes.
I don't presume to think I'm great at anything.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
The great mystery of our consciousness is beyond our grasp.
What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.
I look good, but I probably have the insides of Elvis.
Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
