Society is founded on hero-worship.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

The real me: A woman who continues to blossom into her authentic self.

It's not a luxury if you can't do without it!

Only dogs know and respect their masters. This is a rare characteristic of men who secretly envy their masters and wish their downfall.

People's blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is commitment.

The greatest religions convert the world through stories.

I lingered most about the fireplace, as the most vital part of the house.

From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.

No single imagination is wild or crass or cheesy enough to compete with the collective mindlessness that propels our fascination forward.

The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.

Fitz: How bad is it? Nighteyes: Mind your own business. Fitz: You ARE my business. Nighteyes: Sharing pain doesn’t loosen it. Fitz: I’m not sure about THAT.