Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

He was humbled by her infinite love toward him - it shone through even in his afterlife.

Marvellous mercies and infinite love.

Success is like a mirror: It reflects back to you exactly what you held up before it.

It felt as if I was suddenly walking around in wet socks, weighing my feet down as if two kids were sitting on my feet with their legs wrapped around mine.

Forgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive.

For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.

Sometimes the simplest pictures are the hardest to get.

How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts to become a casualty of the little everyday crimes of ethical compromise.

Just one more thing. I kill Snow.