From politics it was an easy step to silence.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Some things belong to the past.

I started living when I learnt to be patient with myself and others, I have learnt to forgive myself and others and I have learnt to continually cheer myself when the going gets tough.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge.

It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.

No human being can come into this world without increasing or diminishing the sum total of human happiness.

The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but the man knows that he knows.

I love inside jokes. I hope to be a part of one some day.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

Have respect for yourself and no one can take away your self respect.