You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

We had won the war, but when the insurgency reared its ugly head, we lost everything we had gained.

The worst thing about falling to pieces is that humans can do it so quietly.

Our whole life is startlingly moral. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice.

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom.

The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping heart needs none.

What would it take for me to eat human flesh? If that was the only way to stay alive, I would. I would eat anything.

You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.

Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world.

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.

The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together.