Possibilities swung from the ropes of his life like charms on a watch chain, golden.

Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West.

We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning.

You don't have to be sincere yourself to recognize sincerity when you see it. Any more than you have to be insane to recognize insanity.

impulses sometimes have logical roots and ought to be given in to.

Time does not act on memory to soften the edges, blur the details; if anything, it sharpens them. Emotions may lose their acid outlines, but not places and people, not if you wish to retain them.

martyrs are always uncomfortable people to live with.

... danger was always at its most lethal when disguised as respectability.

If it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy.

People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.

Modesty is humility expressed in dress.

False world, thou ly'st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight.

So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others.

You know, there are many people in the country today who, through no fault of their own, are sane. Some of them were born sane. Some of them became sane later in their lives.

I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine. My God, my joy and light

Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular.

At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice.

You know, if you want to meet a lot of Iraqi leaders, the best places are the hotels in Amman or in London. In general the government here is amazingly unpopular.