The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

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.

There are no wrong people—only the wrong expression and the wrong perception.

To Tom, the march of technology was equivalent to the march of civilization.

In time of peace prepare for war.

I used to have a blankie, and when my mom had to wash it, I would sit outside the dryer and watch it go round and round, and cry.

I hate self-publishing; it's a real drag and it takes up a lot of space.

Anyhow, even though I have this home theater, I love going out to the movies. Movies are meant to be experienced together.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life.

I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

Love does nothing but make you weak! It turns you into an object of pity and derision-a mewling pathetic creature no more fit to live than a worm squirming on the pavement after a hard summer rain.

Don’t despair if your heart has been through a lot of trauma. Sometimes that’s how beautiful hearts are remade: they are shattered first.