I am not a very good man, Effie, but I think that I am a better one than you have given me credit for being.

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.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

Be wise today so you don't cry tomorrow.

She said she wanted to see beautiful things. I took her to where i planted my seeds.

Self-confident people Know that obstacles are only temporary setbacks.

Do not lose hope - what you seek will be found.

Youth will be served.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.

The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.

What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that’s more the point.