Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love.

Marriage is our last best chance to grow up.

For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season!

I would rather die than stay there." "Well, you might die.

She walked in the shadow of Rango with a great feeling of being taken out of herself, of having no knowledge of what was happening to her, merely a pervading sense of flow.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

Technically you would only need one time traveler convention.

There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.

You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage.

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.