Books are the most mannerly of companions accessible at all times in all moods frankly declaring the author's mind without offense.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Your mind is the most fertile and largest land in the universe. You can grow anything you desire.

Magic is when you live your life the way you didn’t picture it and leave nothing behind.

Vampires, real vampires, didn't nibble on the necks of nubile young virgins. They tore people to pieces and sucked the blood out of the chunks.

Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.

Keep spreading the love, world. But don't get greedy and overpopulate the planet.

In Holland and Belgium, and afterwards in England, my happiest moments were in the country. I've always had a passion for the outdoors, for trees, for birds and flowers.

The choices you make today design your future

I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're so sexy,' I just don't get that. There's no way one man can be universally sexy.

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.