A man who's active and incisive can yet keep nail-care much in mind: why fight what's known to be decisive? Custom is despot of mankind.

It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.

Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.

The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of philandery.

Then came a moment of renaissance, I looked up - you again are there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that's beautiful and rare.

Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.

I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse.

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.

Being sick successfully is not included in society’s panoply of worthy goals.

All I can tell you about fashion and style is this: buy and wear what makes you happy.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

It is fatal to let people suppose that Christianity is only a mode of feeling; it is vitally necessary to insist that it is first and foremost a rational explanation of the universe.

There's something really nice about missing the person you're with. To have someone be apart enough to force independence and to also look forward to seeing that person.

When we focus on or disappointments , we stop God from ringing fresh new blessing into our lives.

It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.

What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?

I will just take the chance that the language will still be relevant in 100 years, which is something we cannot take for granted with a language that is spoken by 330,000 people.

What we have loved Others will love And we will teach them how.