But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

I've never been in love, but if a penguin can find a soul mate, I'm sure I can, too.

If you watch how nature deals with adversity continually renewing itself you can't help but learn.

Psychosclerosis: the hardening of the attitude which causes a person to cease dreaming, seeing, thinking, and leading.

Do you normally turn up in gentlemen's bedrooms in the middle of the night? If I'd known that, I would have campaigned harder to make sure Charlotte let you stay.

Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead.

You stackin cheddar cause you working at the burger place.

Outlets for the freed blacks are alone wanted for the erasure of the blot from our Republican character.

I'm completely optimistic - I know the end is coming!

Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales.

What I know for sure is that pleasure is energy reciprocated. What you put out comes back. Your base level of pleasure is determined by how you view your whole life.