Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.

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.

Abuse may consist of physical maltreatment or language that is belittling, discriminatory...

A beadlet dribbles down her cheek to wake a wet remembrance where the insincere took hold to empty forth her wounded heart.

She's filing her nails while they are dragging the lake.

With music, I wasn't curious anymore. There was no dialogue. By the time I stopped, I knew it wasn't going to be gone forever, but it just wasn't the right time for me to care about that.

The question is not what you look at – but how you look & whether you see.

Mary frowned. A vampire doctor. Talk about exploring your alternative therapies.

In racing there are always things you can learn, every single day. There is always space for improvement, and I think that applies to everything in life.

I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline.

Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.

Maybe a man has to sell his soul to get the power to do good.