Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground

They tended to look at his lips, for his transient gaze was dizzying, though the mouth, you see, the mouth was also a danger, for the teeth would do the unraveling.

No man deserves a woman like that. He mortgages his very soul to win her and spends his life paying off the debt.

The eyes can often lie, not see what is essential. But the heart, never.

The secret of every man who has ever been successful lies in the fact that he formed the bait of doing those things that failures don't like to do.

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their peers. That's one way of making music.

The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating.

Decide what you want and don't think of the intermediary conditions. When Nature works for us we should want what we want and Nature will work it out for us.