An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell.

From so high above it, the world seems ordered and deliberate.But I know it's more than that. And less. It is structured and chaotic. Beautiful and strange.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.

The only way to find the best actor would be to let everybody play Hamlet and let the best man win.

I don't want security guards. I don't think security guards are particularly good for your writing.

Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark that you always carry in your heart.

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.'