The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Everything is still everything.The Poem Remains.

No, this isn't right. I don't think the people doing it know or care about right and wrong. This is all some kind of show, but I don't understand it either.

Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there - or failing to get there.

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

On the subject of spinach: divide into little piles. Rearrange again into new piles. After five of six maneuvers, sit back and say you are full.

I love Alfa Romeos and that [Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio] was tremendous.

Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.

The physics of the 21st century shall deal essentially with non-spatial matter and non-spatial mechanics.

She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.

There is no disorder but the heart's.