He foresaw that she would be very much more useful to him in the character of a free woman.

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.

Education is no substitute for intelligence.

You kids were all planned, you were just planned really, really quickly.

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!

I think him every thing that is worthy and amiable.

Her clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity.

Industrial design keeps the customer happy, his client in the black and the designer busy.

Here's a tip, Alyconeus. Next time you choose the biggest state for your home, don't set up base in the part that's only 10 miles wide. Welcome to Canada, idiot.

He who cannot learn by others' mistakes is stupid. He who cannot learn by his own errors is a fool.