Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

I do not know how to thank you.''I can tell you, ' said Obierika. 'Kill one of your sons for me.''That will not be enough, ' said Okonkwo.'Then kill yourself, ' said Obierika.

Our condition is most noble being so beloved of the Most High God that He was willing to die for our sake- which He would not have done if man had not been a most noble creature and of great worth.

It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.

Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.

I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.

The approach to "building" a story with words and phrases is no different than "building" a painting with brushes and pigments.

It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.

The nerves are good... they keep you on point and they keep you not getting overconfident.

Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.