We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.

My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!

Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.

Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity.

I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.

Eternal nothingness is okay if you are dressed for it.

It is better to be a true disciple than a false follower.

In the end, all disguises must drop.

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about the (perfect) game, but I don't remember when it happened last.

Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop it.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

When you're at an Olympic Games watching someone you've known for a long while and he or she has done something, even if it's only coming in the top 50, then you have a monumental night.

I'm missing something when I'm sleeping.