It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

She was the curator of her marriage, collector of swift quotes and unremarked-upon sensations.

When we ask people to live their lives through our models, we are potentially reducing life itself. How can we ever know what we might be losing?

Ignore the reek of feces in the air, the bloodstains on the ground, and you have yourself a glorious night.

I can catch the ball. You've got to throw it to me.

I use music as some kind of weird salvation to get away from life

John McEnroe has hair like badly turned broccoli.

The trust is a matter of love and faith is a matter of truth. The two together give you the guidance that you look for.

The invasion of Iraq was simply a war crime. Straight-out war crime.

The hour through which you are at present passing, the man whom you meet here and now, the task on which you are engaged at this very moment - these are always the most important in your whole life.

Don't underestimate kindess, gentleness and patience in a man.