Chance is the providence of adventurers.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

Watch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured.

She acts like summer and walks like rain.

As we get older, it's important for us to help hand back some of what we've gained as we've grown older. It should be one of your responsibilities - it's almost like being a mentor.

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play.

One changes, as a writer, fairly quickly; what you wrote six months or a year ago might not sound right anymore.

Life is too short to wonder where you hid your waffle maker.

We suffer from the illusion that the faster we run, the more likely we are to grasp happiness. The truth is that the velocity necessary for success rarely exceeds the rate of reflection.

As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.

Living matter is the most powerful geological force.