People addicted to secrecy are so without knowing why; they are not so for cause, but for secrecy's sake.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

She had thought about that moment so often during the past few years it had dried out. It was stale, like old, odourless potpourri. But she still want back to it, because it was the only one.

One summer night I fell asleep hoping the world would be different when I woke. In the morning, when I opened my eyes, the world was the same.

So tall and lithe in his suede and leather outfit. So utterly gorgeous it almost ached to look at him.

I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.

If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies.

Do ye want me?" he whispered. "Sassenach, will ye take me - and risk the man that I am, for the sake of the man ye knew?

I want to work, but I certainly am not going to be clawing at empty things when I can completely fill up my bucket with them - the other is a waste of my time.

Rachmaninov has some kind of weird dark edge to his music which I don't think I've heard with any other kind of music before.

Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.

Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.