The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Be willing to turn your attention to that which serves you.

Revolution should be Syrian, cannot be revolution imported from abroad.

I've sort of remarried a few years ago and have had a couple more children in the last couple of years. And so home life is taking up a lot of my time.

You don't have to suffer continual chaos in order to grow.

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy.

At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself.

This ocean circulation, a northbound current that sinks and then moves southbound, tends to go through multi-decadal changes.