Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful.

If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.

But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.

Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.

One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.

If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.

A child is a child.

I know everything of what i know, but of what i dont know i know nothing

Don't search for perfection nor seek the approval of others

How children learn to use diverse sources of efficacy information in developing a stable and accurate sense of personal efficacy is a matter of considerable interest

... it's a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.

I want to be left alone.

To have faith is to believe unconditionally.

In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

You have more fun and enjoy more financial success when you stop trying to get what you want and start helping other people get what they want.

I didn't see Dr. No for a year, but I liked it when I saw it. It was a fun movie. I don't like the Bond movies now. I hate special effects!