I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

Be not over solicitous about education. It may be able to do much, but it does not do as much as expected from it. It may mould and direct the character, but it rarely alters it.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

It doesn't matter what we say , so long as we all say the same thing.

It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.

What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.

While I cannot be regarded as a pillar, I must be regarded as a buttress of the church, because I support it from outside.

What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.

A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.

It's a limitless new world, and we are only just beginning to explore it.

The train blows through towndelivering reality, slapping my face and screaming, “You are alone”Rose colored memories drown, taking their last breath.

The world is so exquisite, with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little goodevidence.

And it occurred to me how even pulling trees that day, just months ago, I was in heaven. Unaware. I had known nothing even as the evil was occurring, I hadn't been touched yet.

The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.

It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.

The greatest of the changes that science has brought is the acuity of change; the greatest novelty the extent of novelty.

Charm is the enchanted dart, light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is deceptive in one thing: like a sense of humor, if you think you've got it, you probably haven't.

Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.

My favorite type of music to sing would be between R and B and opera.