I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully.

Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.

The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.

As her time in Florence drew to a close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent.

It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.

Then she lay on her back and gazed at the cloudless sky. Mr. Beebe, whose opinion of her rose daily, whispered to his niece that that was the proper way to behave if any little thing went wrong.

Men were not gods after all, but as human and as clumsy as girls.

Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.

My father says that there is only one perfect view — the view of the sky straight over our heads, and that all these views on earth are but bungled copies of it.

It is not rubbish! It is the part of people that you do not understand.

She grew more and more vexed with his dignified behavior. By a cruel irony, she was drawing out what was best in his disposition.

...it wasn't for the love of a man that she took those chances, but for the love of a horse.

I do a lot of research on what people have done in the past.

This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is." "Okay." Serpine raised an eyebrow. "Really?" "No, only joking. Do your worst.

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

Willing sets you free: that is the true doctrine of will and freedom--thus Zarathustra instructs you.

As I talked to our team, we are going to believe that Eric is going to walk onto that field again.

I'm always kind of in my head thinking.

A legislative entrepreneur...doesn't just believe the right things. He's out there trying to make a good idea legislatively viable.

When you choose to be a competitor you choose to be a survivor. When you choose to compete, you make the conscious decision to find out what your real limits are, not just what you think they are.

Not getting rid of [Donald] Trump because there's a slew of Republican voters that don't want to get rid of Trump.