He became an officer and a gentleman, which is an enviable thing.

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.

I despise the rituals of fake friendship. I wish we could just claw each other's eyes out and call it a day

If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough.

I sometimes wish I could spontaneously combust. Burn until nothing but ash is left, to be washed away by the wind and the rain.

Oh, the best dancers know/what grace/every stumble/contains.

this process isn’t suitable for complex decisions that have nuance, and those who use it in such situations run the risk of being perceived as rubberstamping when the decision had already been made.

Everything I have now is so real, so vivid.

The old style hypocrite was a person who tried to appear better than he actually was; the new style hypocrite tries to appear worse than he or she is.

I suspect there really was more to my accident than bad luck. I think it was God's way of punishing my nose.

We love our dear ones deeply and miss them when they leave us. But we know that the bond of love is greater than death.

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it.