I haven't much time to be fond of anything. But when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times the roses get it.

Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.

My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!

Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.

Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity.

Understanding” is a word that I cherish. Understanding is what helps us to love before we judge. Understanding helps us to know more of ourselves and do the same to others.

There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery--

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.

Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state.

I eat an egg every morning, and when I'm done, I almost always have the thought: There. Now even if I'm captured and starved, I'll be able to live off the protein of that egg for a while.

Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins.

I remained dedicated to my desires, and it's what enabled me to come back after being fired seven or eight times, whatever it was.

It is more blessed to give than to receive, and therefore less blessed to receive than to give.

Marriage was probably the worst mistake I ever made in my life.