Till the master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

I won’t let you have it. I won’t give you this moment. I won’t let you fill up this valuable organ...I own it. I won’t do it. I can’t think, I won’t think about it.

Grief dares us to love once more.

Good gods, female, ” Addolgar muttered. “What did you do with yourself before I came into your life?”“I lived quietly alone in my cave, ” she snapped back. “And I was quite happy there, too.

Her mother always told her, “If he hits you, then you leave, ” but Jack had never hit her, not with his fists.

As we travel to new places we gain new perspectives and renew our thinking.

A day will come when man will discover an alphabet in the eyes of the chalcedonies, in the marking of the moth, and will learn in astonishment that every spotted snail has always been a poem.

Marriage is supposed to be permanent. It's like a tattoo that yells at you.

To tell the truth is an act of love. To withhold the truth is an act of hate. Or worse, apathy.

I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century.

It behooves us unanimously and inviolably to observe the ecclesiastical traditions, whether codified or simply retained by the customary practice of the Church.