There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
Henry David Thoreau

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Henry David Thoreau

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
Henry David Thoreau

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
Henry David Thoreau

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
Henry David Thoreau

An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Mitch Hedberg

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
Bob Dylan

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Napoleon Bonaparte

A Constitution should be short and obscure.
Napoleon Bonaparte

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
Mae West

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
Mae West

His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
Mae West

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.
Anais Nin

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.
Coco Chanel

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
Oscar Wilde

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
Oscar Wilde

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
Oscar Wilde