Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich.

It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.

Adventure must start with running away from home.

General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming.

A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an aura of living color

You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.

Dare, will, keep silence.

The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.

Adventure is the vitaminizing element in histories both individual and social.

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your mistakes.

We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution.

The purpose of education should be character-building.

I don't complain about the horror of life

I know that suffering is one place where He ministers to us the most. So to think that we've had our quota would be foolish. I am just longing for the day when all the pain stops.

You're too young to be so old.

In a cool solitude of treesWhere leaves and birds a music spin, Mind that was weary is at ease, New rhythms in the soul begin.

I would have never thought in a million years that I would appeal to an Avril fan. But I'm glad that I do because a lot of them aren't jaded or cynical.

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

Arrogance really comes from insecurity, and in the end our feeling that we are bigger than others is really the flip side of our feeling that we are smaller than others.

If you are an expressive player, people can feel that. It is an emotional thing and becomes an extension of yourself.

Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not.