Some books are drenchèd sandsOn which a great soul's wealth lies all in heaps,Like a wrecked argosy.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

Trees are your best antiques

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

Why is there always this twitchiness, when you introduce a man to a woman friend, about whether the man will be bored or put off?

Cultivate a spirit of joy and praise. Not only will you light up your own heart, but the hearts of those around you.Always look for the good in people. In most cases you will find it.

It's essential you create a fiery will from within--harness that power of decisiveness--and choose to be your strongest self.

Waiting was sometimes the most proactive thing a person could do.

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

Peter glanced up at the stars and a wicked smile lit his face. "Time to play," he whispered to the stars and winked. And the stars winked back, for Peter's smile is a most contagious thing.

I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.

This is the spirit of prayer--sincere, humble, believing, submissive. Other prayer than this the Bible does not require--God will not accept.

Choose to win Get mad, then get over it.

A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble.