The world, which the Greeks called Beauty, has been made such by being gradually divested of every ornament which was not fitted to endure.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.

They'll kill you in a minute rather than deal with truth. It's more convenient because then they can forget about it and rationalize your death.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

I thought I’d learn a few new words, but the men were too shocked to even swear this time.

True thoughts have duration in themselves. If the thoughts endure, the seed is enduring; if the seed endures, the energy endures; if the energy endures, then will the spirit endure.

The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine.

To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.

It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special.

He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.