A book is a friend whose face is constantly changing. If you read it when you are recovering from an illness, and return to it years after, it is changed surely, with the change in yourself.

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.

I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.

Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha.

I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, for a house full of books, and a garden of flowers.

There's a joy without canker or cark, There's a pleasure eternally new, 'T is to gloat on the glaze and the mark Of china that's ancient and blue.

Life's more amusing than we thought.

He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.

Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-postsfor support rather than illumination.

One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

No more creepy online alter egos in the name of love.

You can conquer any challenge with daring faith and hope.

When she tells you her problems she is not moaning, she trusts you.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.

Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs

My soul is my guide, for my soul is of that abode. I will not speak of the earthly. I am of the unknown

Family hang-outs can go very late into the night and involve lots of music.