A Gentleman Quotes

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

I begin with writing the first sentence—and trusting to Almighty God for the second.

Adventure, like beauty, is very much in the eye of the beholder.

Human nature is the same in all professions.

When a man finds the one woman who is right, it scarcely matters what else is wrong.

I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe.

I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me.

And I know when your lips meet mine I feel as though I have never been kissed before.

The lad, like many another, owed nothing to his father but his mere existence—Heaven knows whether that gift is oftenest a curse or a boon.

There are so many more important things to think about than that elusive emotion called love.

The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil.

Getting a Lady is easy, but keeping a Lady is clever.

As he returned to the bed, he could see Vallant eyeing him warily, but he ignored this, sat on the opposite end and braced the pad on his

To what end, he wondered, had the Divine created the stars in heaven to fill a man with feelings of inspiration one day and insignificance the next?

Great wits jump

O The irony of man, he thinks he's past generation did not repeat the same way of thinking, either intelligently or foolishly.

I've never asked you to give the least considerations to my feelings." He could picture her holding the word with fingertips at arm's length, like a scullery maid disposing of a dead rat.

It's your eyes, I think. They promise something kind. Heaven help the world should you ever turn dark. You would send Satan himself scrambling.

I doubt you would recognize an adventure of any sort if it came right up and bit you on the a---Mother!I was going to say arm.

You are mistaken

My father once told me love is magic, sir.

Everybody has it wrong way round. Parents don't make children--children make parents. They shape our behavior from the first wail. Mold us into what they need. It can be a pretty rough process, too

—all I can say of the matter, is—That he has either a pumkin for his head—or a pippin for his heart, —and whenever he is dissected 'twill be found so.

You have to risk your heart to find love. It’s the price we pay for a chance at bliss.

Listen to your heart, it speaks, hear its words

We all have pain, Wes. It isn't life sithout it. What matters in life isn't that we escape pain. What matters is that we overcome it.

Before Lind's experiments, scurvy was not clearly defined as a disease.The term was used as a catchphrase to include all manner of nautical ailments.

History is the business of identifying momentous events from the comfort of a high-back chair.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

...but the tenure of friendships has never been governed by the passage of time.

I enjoy books. No room is fit for occupation without a lining of books.

We all have pain, Wes. It isn't life without it. What matters in life isn't that we escape pain. What matters is that we overcome it.

Did you know, ma'am, that our mutual friend can say "kiss my arse" in six languages?