Splendid cheeses they were, ripe and mellow, and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them that might have been warranted to carry three miles, and knock a man over at two hundred yards.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

Dare to overcome life difficulties to fulfil your dreams.

I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

Each time I think I’ve reached a limit....there is a door....it opens....and the limit is gone.

All that hath been majestical In life or death, since time began, Is native in the simple heart of all, The angel heat of man.

False glory is the rock of vanity; it seduces men to affect esteem by things which they indeed possess, but which are frivolous, and which for a man to value himself on would be a scandalous error.

If you must let someone down, be sure it isn’t the friend who helped you up when you were down.

If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.

There're songs to make you smile, there're songs to make you sad. But with a happy song to sing it never seems as bad.

The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti