The worst crimes; are the crimes of the heart

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.

At the wondrous moment you were born, as you took your first breath, a great celebration was held in the heavens and twelve magnificent gifts were granted to you.

They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.

The journey of love has been rather a lacerating, if well-worth-it, journey.

In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.

I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.

Sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads.

There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can't all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish.

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

The object of government is the welfare of the people.

But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.