He had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before…

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.

She wished such words unsaid with all her heart

But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.

I will not talk of my own happiness, ' said he, 'great as it is, for I think only of yours. Compared with you, who has the right to be happy?

Yet some happiness must and would arise, from the very conviction, that he did suffer.

Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history

Throughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before.

The age of the book is almost gone.

The things that bring you the greatest joy are in alignment with your purpose.

With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.

There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond to the needs and will of its people.

I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have three basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.

I also have a feeling your mother’s going to have a very ugly conversation with me." – Dimitri

There are some people who hate my guts. But that goes with the territory.

Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by.