A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Never say more than is necessary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Large-scale change is grounded in small steps toward a big idea

To love is to risk, and to risk is to lose sometimes, to get hurt. But let it not deter you from loving again, from being happy.

Good does not exist.It is merely an absent of evil.

Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart

She simply stood there and waited for him to show her the next move. And hoped it only involved sword fighting and not seduction.

It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to figure out how to get to.

You get crushes on people. You have to see them every day in that week. They're a fantastic person, and it could be a man or a woman.

All delays are dangerous in war.

You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.