The thing about cats, as you may find, Is that no one knows what they have in mind.

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Men marry what they need. I marry you.

Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

Leaders know how to set priorities. They focus on the task that requires the most rapid attention.

I wish I had no heart, it aches so…

If you want to learn what someone fears losing, watch what they photograph.

History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

You are not the drop in the ocean, but the ocean in the drop.

Teaching is too vital an occupation to be left to the lazy or greedy or negative

I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.

Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries

Don't worry, Mel. Miracles don't work that way. I'll never lose you. I'll never let you get away from me.

The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having wealth.