Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose?

He smirked and sat up "Simmer down, Jelly Bean.

What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.

There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds.

The American people, or at least the ones that I get on the subway with - they know there's a real threat out there. They felt like Iraq lessened our ability to fight that threat.

Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.

I steer away from episodic TV; it burns you out.

What happens if I do nothing?

People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.

Now at last I have come to see what life is, Nothing is ever ended, everything only begun, And the brave victories that seem so splendid Are never really won.