Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women.

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.

I am many things. Stupid is not one of them. Your wrath is impressive for a mortal.

Variety of uniformities makes complete beauty.

Every time I am on the field I am a threat to make a big play. I am going to do my job every day and can be relied upon.

There's no doubt that [tax cuts] act as a stimulus. How could they not, in a sense? You're giving cash back to households.

Light is in both the broken bottle and the diamond.

When pursued with a pure heart, acting is an entirely selfless profession.

I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.

Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.

There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.

I have no idea where my pathetic nature comes from. If I thought about it too long, it would depress me.