Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.

In these simple words, Lord, is it I? lies the beginning of wisdom and the pathway to personal conversion and lasting change.

Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.

These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did leave.

I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.

My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.

I want balance in my life.

Love takes nothing: how can it take something? Everything belongs to it. It does not say, "This is mine! And this is mine!" But it says: "This is yours!"