The wisest man I have ever known once said to me: 'Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance,' and I have found his words true.

We would rather be in the company of somebody we like than in the company of the most superior being of our acquaintance.

No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.

When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.

We could visit him, " suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm sorry you got stabbed in the eye'?

In the end, everything is found to be wanting.

Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind... life would have seemed to me empty.

When I am dead, I will not hurt anymore, will it Mama?...When I am dead, build me a little monument of stones in the woods.

We should be encouraging people to earn a lot of money. I do not know one wealthy person who does not spend money - and most of them employ other people.

Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming.

I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

I've always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn't know, and with 'Case Histories' I just decide to make that more up-front.

No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.