Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

The aristocracy had crumbled in her hands

I shop more than most women.

You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.

Republicans don't want anyone having more fun than they do, and the Democrats don't want anyone making more money than they do. Libertarians want you to make money and have fun.

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

The nonchalance and dolce-far-niente air of nature and society hint at infinite periods in the progress of mankind.

The economic concept of value does not occur in antiquity .

some people meet the way the sky meets the earth, inevitably, and there is no stopping or holding back their love. It exists in a finished world, beyond the reach of common sense.

Talk therapy turns hysterical misery to mundane unhappiness.

What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.