Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

You can never be free of their criticism until you no longer seek their praise.

My brother, are you aware that you are presently taking the form of a rather large and distinctly emerald-hued bear? Not that it isn't an improvement on your usual excessive good lucks, but...

Britain has trend-setting fashion, ground-breaking scientists, and innovative technology companies. It is also a welcome home for investors.

When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.

It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.

Necessity has the face of a dog.

Not waiting for someone to give you what you can give yourself.

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.