Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . .

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

Embrace death, dance with it a while, and finally fall prey to it.

A good host is someone who really takes care of everyone, from the food to their daily programme. I can't.

A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.

I don’t know, it is a very quiet rebellion. […] I don’t get angry. I sit quietly in the corner and say 'no'.

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.

A good city is like a good party. People don't want to leave early.

The marriage partner is not really the problem. No other person can ultimately make you happy. You must learn how to be happy within yourself.

You cannot kill an ideology with a bullet. You can only kill it with a better idea.

There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?