...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

The man who fears losing has already lost.

Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

Laughter is poison to fear.

They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Each story tells me how to write it, but not the one afterwards.

A small business person has Uncle Sam as a partner, a partner who puts up no money, does no work, and wants 30 or 40 percent

Well, prepare yourself. I am all kinds of thoughtful this week. I brought you something else.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.

He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friend like him.